This site is intended for users interested in learning more about phonetics. This site is organized into three areas: consonants,vowels and diphthongs. Each area contains an EPA chart for both sound areas. Clicking on a specific symbol within a chart will provide the following phonetic information:

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The SIL IPA Fonts are scalable outline fonts for both Macintosh and Windows systems. They contain every base character, diacritic, and suprasegmental mark currently prescribed by the International Phonetic Association. They do not include full punctuation, capitals, non-IPA, or former IPA characters. They are intended to provide as complete a solution as is possible in one font for the display and publication of phonetic text using the current IPA.

CAL is a private, non-profit organization: a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.

The aim of the IPA is to promote the scientific study of phonetics and the various practical applications of that science. In furtherance of this aim, the IPA provides the academic community world-wide with a notational standard for the phonetic representation of all languages