IPA Chart Explorer
Interactive International Phonetic Alphabet chart. Spanish phonemes are highlighted in green. Click any symbol to see where it lives in the human sound system.
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Showing: Full IPA — Click any symbol for details
Consonants (Place × Manner of Articulation)
| Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyn- geal | Glottal | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | vl | vd | |
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | tʈ | ɖ | c | ɟ | k | ɡ | q | ɢ | ʔ | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | ɱ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʙ | r | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tap / Flap | ⱱ | ɾ | ɽ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | ç | ʝ | x | ɣ | χ | ʁ | ħ | ʕ | h | ɦ |
| Lateral Fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | ɹ | ɻ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||||
Vowels (Height × Backness)
Click any IPA symbol above to see its details
How to read the consonant chart: Columns = where in the mouth (lips → throat). Rows = how the air flows (stopped, through the nose, etc.). Each cell has two slots: voiceless (left) and voiced (right).
How to read the vowel trapezoid: Top = tongue high, bottom = tongue low. Left = tongue forward, right = tongue back. Pairs show unrounded (left) and rounded (right) at each position.