IPA Extensions (Unicode block)

IPA Extensions is a block (0250–02AF) of the Unicode standard that contains full size letters used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Both modern and historical characters are included, as well as former and proposed IPA signs and non-IPA phonetic letters. Additional characters employed for phonetics, like the palatalization sign, are encoded in the blocks Phonetic Extensions (1D00–1D7F) and Phonetic Extensions Supplement (1D80–1DBF). Diacritics are found in the Spacing Modifier Letters (02B0–02FF) and Combining Diacritical Marks (0300–036F) blocks.

With IPA's ability to use Unicode for the presentation of phonetic symbols, ASCII-based systems such as X-SAMPA or Kirshenbaum are being supplanted. Within the Unicode blocks there are also a few former IPA characters no longer in international use by linguists.

The following table shows the contents of the block as of Unicode version 6.0:

Code	Glyph	Decimal	Unicode name	IPA phonetic description	IPA No.
U+0250	ɐ	ɐ	Latin Small Letter Turned A	Near-open central vowel	324
U+0251	ɑ	ɑ	Latin Small Letter Alpha	Open back unrounded vowel	305
U+0252	ɒ	ɒ	Latin Small Letter Turned Alpha	Open back rounded vowel	313
U+0253	ɓ	ɓ	Latin Small Letter B with Hook	Voiced bilabial implosive	160
U+0254	ɔ	ɔ	Latin Small Letter Open O	Open-mid back rounded vowel	306
U+0255	ɕ	ɕ	Latin Small Letter C with Curl	Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative	182
U+0256	ɖ	ɖ	Latin Small Letter D with Tail	Voiced retroflex plosive	106
U+0257	ɗ	ɗ	Latin Small Letter D with Hook	Voiced alveolar implosive	162
U+0258	ɘ	ɘ	Latin Small Letter Reversed E	Close-mid central unrounded vowel	397
U+0259	ə	ə	Latin Small Letter Schwa	Mid central vowel	322
U+025A	ɚ	ɚ	Latin Small Letter Schwa with Hook	Rhotacized Mid central vowel	327
U+025B	ɛ	ɛ	Latin Small Letter Open E	Open-mid front unrounded vowel	303
U+025C	ɜ	ɜ	Latin Small Letter Reversed Open E	Open-mid central unrounded vowel	326
U+025D	ɝ	ɝ	Latin Small Letter Reversed Open E with Hook	Rhotacized Open-mid central unrounded vowel
U+025E	ɞ	ɞ	Latin Small Letter Closed Reversed Open E	Open-mid central rounded vowel	395
U+025F	ɟ	ɟ	Latin Small Letter Dotless J with Stroke	Voiced palatal plosive	108
U+0260	ɠ	ɠ	Latin Small Letter G with Hook	Voiced velar implosive	166
U+0261	ɡ	ɡ	Latin Small Letter Script G	Voiced velar plosive	110
U+0262	ɢ	ɢ	Latin Letter Small Capital G	Voiced uvular plosive	112
U+0263	ɣ	ɣ	Latin Small Letter Gamma	Voiced velar fricative	141
U+0264	ɤ	ɤ	Latin Small Letter Rams Horn	Close-mid back unrounded vowel	315
U+0265	ɥ	ɥ	Latin Small Letter Turned H	Labial-palatal approximant	171
U+0266	ɦ	ɦ	Latin Small Letter H with Hook	Voiced glottal fricative	147
U+0267	ɧ	ɧ	Latin Small Letter Heng with Hook	Swedish sj-sound. Similar to: Voiceless postalveolar fricative, Voiceless velar fricative	175
U+0268	ɨ	ɨ	Latin Small Letter I with Stroke	Close central unrounded vowel	317
U+0269	ɩ	ɩ	Latin Small Letter Iota	pre-1989 form of "ɪ" (obsolete)	399
U+026A	ɪ	ɪ	Latin Letter Small Capital I	Near-close near-front unrounded vowel	319
U+026B	ɫ	ɫ	Latin Small Letter L with Middle Tilde	Velar/pharyngeal Alveolar lateral approximant	209
U+026C	ɬ	ɬ	Latin Small Letter L with Belt	Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative	148
U+026D	ɭ	ɭ	Latin Small Letter L with Retroflex Hook	Retroflex lateral approximant	156
U+026E	ɮ	ɮ	Latin Small Letter Lezh	Voiced alveolar lateral fricative	149
U+026F	ɯ	ɯ	Latin Small Letter Turned M	Close back unrounded vowel	316
U+0270	ɰ	ɰ	Latin Small Letter Turned M with Long Leg	Velar approximant	154
U+0271	ɱ	ɱ	Latin Small Letter M with Hook	Labiodental nasal	115
U+0272	ɲ	ɲ	Latin Small Letter N with Left Hook	Palatal nasal	118
U+0273	ɳ	ɳ	Latin Small Letter N with Retroflex Hook	Retroflex nasal	117
U+0274	ɴ	ɴ	Latin Letter Small Capital N	Uvular nasal	120
U+0275	ɵ	ɵ	Latin Small Letter Barred O	Close-mid central rounded vowel	323
U+0276	ɶ	ɶ	Latin Letter Small Capital OE	Open front rounded vowel	312
U+0277	ɷ	ɷ	Latin Small Letter Closed Omega	pre-1989 form of "ʊ" (obsolete)	398
U+0278	ɸ	ɸ	Latin Small Letter Phi	Voiceless bilabial fricative	126
U+0279	ɹ	ɹ	Latin Small Letter Turned R	Alveolar approximant	151
U+027A	ɺ	ɺ	Latin Small Letter Turned R with Long Leg	Alveolar lateral flap	181
U+027B	ɻ	ɻ	Latin Small Letter Turned R with Hook	Retroflex approximant	152
U+027C	ɼ	ɼ	Latin Small Letter R with Long Leg	Alveolar trill	122
U+027D	ɽ	ɽ	Latin Small Letter R with Tail	Retroflex flap	125
U+027E	ɾ	ɾ	Latin Small Letter R with Fishhook	Alveolar tap	124
U+027F	ɿ	ɿ	Latin Small Letter Reversed R with Fishhook	Syllabic voiced alveolar fricative (Sinologist usage)
U+0280	ʀ	ʀ	Latin Letter Small Capital R	Uvular trill	123
U+0281	ʁ	ʁ	Latin Letter Small Capital Inverted R	Voiced uvular fricative	143
U+0282	ʂ	ʂ	Latin Small Letter S with Hook	Voiceless retroflex fricative	136
U+0283	ʃ	ʃ	Latin Small Letter Esh	Voiceless postalveolar fricative	134
U+0284	ʄ	ʄ	Latin Small Letter Dotless J with Stroke and Hook		164
U+0285	ʅ	ʅ	Latin Small Letter Squat Reversed Esh	? (Sinologist usage)
U+0286	ʆ	ʆ	Latin Small Letter Esh with Curl	Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative (obsolete)	204
U+0287	ʇ	ʇ	Latin Small Letter Turned T	Dental click (obsolete)	201
U+0288	ʈ	ʈ	Latin Small Letter T with Retroflex Hook	Voiceless retroflex plosive	105
U+0289	ʉ	ʉ	Latin Small Letter U Bar	Close central rounded vowel	318
U+028A	ʊ	ʊ	Latin Small Letter Upsilon	Near-close near-back vowel	321
U+028B	ʋ	ʋ	Latin Small Letter V with Hook	Labiodental approximant	150
U+028C	ʌ	ʌ	Latin Small Letter Turned V	Open-mid back unrounded vowel	314
U+028D	ʍ	ʍ	Latin Small Letter Turned W	Voiceless labiovelar approximant	169
U+028E	ʎ	ʎ	Latin Small Letter Turned Y	Palatal lateral approximant	157
U+028F	ʏ	ʏ	Latin Letter Small Capital Y	Near-close near-front rounded vowel	320
U+0290	ʐ	ʐ	Latin Small Letter Z with Retroflex Hook	Voiced retroflex fricative	137
U+0291	ʑ	ʑ	Latin Small Letter Z with Curl	Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative	183
U+0292	ʒ	ʒ	Latin Small Letter Ezh	Voiced postalveolar fricative	135
U+0293	ʓ	ʓ	Latin Small Letter Ezh with Curl	Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative (obsolete)	205
U+0294	ʔ	ʔ	Latin Letter Glottal Stop	Glottal stop	113
U+0295	ʕ	ʕ	Latin Letter Pharyngeal Voiced Fricative	Voiced pharyngeal fricative	145
U+0296	ʖ	ʖ	Latin Letter Inverted Glottal Stop	Alveolar lateral click (obsolete)	203
U+0297	ʗ	ʗ	Latin Letter Stretched C	Postalveolar click (obsolete)	202
U+0298	ʘ	ʘ	Latin Letter Bilabial Click	Bilabial click	176
U+0299	ʙ	ʙ	Latin Letter Small Capital B	Bilabial trill	121
U+029A	ʚ	ʚ	Latin Small Letter Closed Open E	A mistake for [œ]	396
U+029B	ʛ	ʛ	Latin Letter Small Capital G with Hook	Voiced uvular implosive	168
U+029C	ʜ	ʜ	Latin Letter Small Capital H	Voiceless epiglottal fricative	172
U+029D	ʝ	ʝ	Latin Small Letter J with Crossed Tail	Voiced palatal fricative	139
U+029E	ʞ	ʞ	Latin Small Letter Turned K	Velar click (obsolete)	291
U+029F	ʟ	ʟ	Latin Letter Small Capital L	Velar lateral approximant	158
U+02A0	ʠ	ʠ	Latin Small Letter Q with Hook	"Voiceless" uvular implosive (obsolete)	167
U+02A1	ʡ	ʡ	Latin Letter Glottal Stop with Stroke	Epiglottal plosive	173
U+02A2	ʢ	ʢ	Latin Letter Reversed Glottal Stop with Stroke	Voiced epiglottal fricative	174
U+02A3	ʣ	ʣ	Latin Small Letter DZ Digraph	Voiced alveolar affricate (obsolete)	212
U+02A4	ʤ	ʤ	Latin Small Letter Dezh Digraph	Voiced postalveolar affricate (obsolete)	214
U+02A5	ʥ	ʥ	Latin Small Letter DZ Digraph with Curl	Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate (obsolete)	216
U+02A6	ʦ	ʦ	Latin Small Letter TS Digraph	Voiceless alveolar affricate (obsolete)	211
U+02A7	ʧ	ʧ	Latin Small Letter Tesh Digraph	Voiceless postalveolar affricate (obsolete)	213
U+02A8	ʨ	ʨ	Latin Small Letter TC Digraph with Curl	Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate (obsolete)	215
U+02A9	ʩ	ʩ	Latin Small Letter Feng Digraph	velopharyngeal fricative	602
U+02AA	ʪ	ʪ	Latin Small Letter LS Digraph	voiceless lateral alveolar fricative	603
U+02AB	ʫ	ʫ	Latin Small Letter LZ Digraph	voiced lateral alveolar fricative	604
U+02AC	ʬ	ʬ	Latin Letter Bilabial Percussive	Bilabial percussive
U+02AD	ʭ	ʭ	Latin Letter Bidental Percussive	Bidental percussive	601
U+02AE	ʮ	ʮ	Latin Small Letter Turned H with Fishhook	syllabic labialized voiced alveolar fricative (Sinologist usage)
U+02AF	ʯ	ʯ	Latin Small Letter Turned H with Fishhook and Tail	? (Sinologist usage)

External links

Unicode Consortium IPA Extensions
Unicode-Wiki with images of all 98,884 graphical Unicode characters (German/English, full text search)
John C. Wells, The International Phonetic Alphabet in Unicode
Online input method for phonetic symbols
"IPA - Typewriter and Speaking machine", text output as PNG, PDF or GIF format.

Unicode

Code points

Characters

Special purpose	BOM Combining grapheme joiner Left-to-right mark and Right-to-left mark Soft hyphen Zero-width non-breaking space Zero-width joiner Zero-width non-joiner Zero-width space

Miscellaneous lists	Combining character Duplicate characters Graphic characters

Processing

Algorithms	Bi-directional text Collation (ISO 14651) Equivalence

Transformation	BOCU-1 CESU-8 UTF-1 UTF-7 UTF-8 UTF-9/UTF-18 UTF-16/UCS-2 UTF-32/UCS-4 UTF-EBCDIC Punycode SCSU Comparison

On pairs
of code points

Usage

Related standards

IPA Extensions (Unicode block)

See also

External links