Wikipedia offers several templates for proper display of IPA transcriptions.
In general, IPA symbols on a page should be enclosed in the {{IPA}}
template, which formats the text in an IPA-producing font. If a substantial portion of a page uses IPA, it is customary to post notice of that fact with {{IPA notice|lang=en}}
, though each token still requires the {{IPA}}
template for proper formatting.
If there are not enough occurrences to warrant a notice, then consider a template that links to an IPA key for the first instance of the IPA on a page or section.
For English words, in a broad, non-regional transcription, as when giving the pronunciation of a key word in an article, use templates linking to Help:IPA for English, a chart of the subset of the IPA that is relevant to English:
word (επίσης word, Αγγλικά: word, προφέρεται word, as hereafter).
{{IPAc-en|'|w|3r|d}}
appears as /ˈwɜrd/. This provides mouse-over links to the symbols, and is now the preferred template.For foreign words that are not assimilated into English, regional pronunciations of English words, and non-standard English dialects, use templates linking to the more general Help:IPA chart, containing all major IPA symbols:
{{IPA-fr|o|pron}}
→ προφέρεται o{{IPA-fr|o|lang}}
→ Γαλλικά: o{{IPA-fr|o|IPA}}
→ IPA: o{{IPA-fr|o|}}
→ oRedirects have been created for languages which do not yet have dedicated templates. Transcriptions which use these redirects will link to {{IPA-all}} for the time being; when a language-specific template is created the articles will be linked correctly. For example, you can use {{IPA-jv|word}}
for Javanese, but for the moment it will be redirected to {{IPA-all}}
, producing IPA: [[[Βοήθεια:Οδηγός προφοράς IPA|[word]]]].
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Another type of language-specific template allows you to enter ordinary letters (or conventional ASCII equivalents) from a given language for automatic conversion to phonetic symbols. Languages currently available, and examples of use, are:
Arabic, {{IPAc-ar}} | {{IPAc-ar|2|a|l|l|u|gh|a|t_|a|l|3|a|r|a|b|i|y|y|a}} → [ʔalluɣat‿alʕarabijja]
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Mandarin, {{IPAc-cmn}} | {{IPAc-cmn|zh|ong|1|h|ua|2|-|r|en|2|m|in|2|-|g|ong|4|h|e|2|g|uo|2}} → [ʈʂʊ́ŋxwǎ ʐə̌nmǐn kʊ̂ŋxɤ̌kwɔ̌]
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English, {{IPAc-en}} | {{IPAc-en|'|s|&|n|d|k|a:|s|@l}} → /ˈsændkaːsəl/
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French, {{IPAc-fr}} | {{IPAc-fr|j|@|-|s|U|i|s_|a|m|é|r|i|c|ain}} → [jə sɥi.z‿ameʁikɛ̃]
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Irish, {{IPAc-ga}} | {{IPAc-ga|'|b|ai|l'|@|-|'|á|th|@|-|'|c'|l'|ia|th}} → [ˈbˠalʲə ˈaːhə ˈclʲiəh]
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Italian, {{IPAc-it}} | {{IPAc-it|ˈ|i|.|o|_|ˈ|s|o|ː|.|n|o|_|a|.|m|e|.|r|i|ˈ|k|a|ː|.|n|o}} → [[[Βοήθεια:Οδηγός προφοράς IPA|[]]]ˈi.o ˈsoː.no a.me.riˈkaː.no[[[Βοήθεια:Οδηγός προφοράς IPA|]]]]
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Japanese, {{IPAc-ja}} | {{IPAc-ja|ku|ro|si|o}} → [ku͍ɽoɕio]
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Hungarian, {{IPAc-hu}} | {{IPAc-hu|'|m|a|gy|á|r}} → [ˈmɒɟaːr]
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Polish, {{IPAc-pl}} | {{IPAc-pl|'|sz|cz|e|ć|i|n}} → [ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin]
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