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Usage of IPA pronunciation templates

Wikipedia offers several templates for proper display of IPA transcriptions.

IPA font

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.

English words

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:

• {{IPA-en}}, appearing as: Template:IPA-en (also Template:IPA-en, Template:IPA-en, Template:IPA-en, as hereafter).
• {{IPAc-en}}, which automates the conversion to IPA, so that {{IPAc-en|'|w|3r|d}} appears as Template:IPAc-en. This provides mouse-over links to the symbols, and is now the preferred template.

Foreign words

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-all}}, appearing as: Template:IPA-all. Or:
  • For specific languages, there may be dedicated IPA keys for standardized transcription. There are several options for their display. The first cell includes the ISO code of the language; the second is the transcription; the third keys an introductory phrase; and the fourth is space for a sound file. Using the French word eau [o] as an example, we have the default format:

• {{IPA-fr|o}} → Template:IPA-fr

Or the word "pronounced" can be used as the introduction:

• {{IPA-fr|o|pron}} → Template:IPA-fr

Language name only:

• {{IPA-fr|o|lang}} → Template:IPA-fr

"IPA" only:

• {{IPA-fr|o|IPA}} → Template:IPA-fr

Link only:

• {{IPA-fr|o|}} → Template:IPA-fr

Any of these may be combined with a sound file:

• {{IPA-fr|o|lang|Fr-eau.ogg}} → Template:IPA-fr

For the default introductory phrase, however, a placeholder such as “-” is required:

• {{IPA-fr|o|-|Fr-eau.ogg}} → Template:IPA-fr

IPA-all for not-supported languages

Redirects 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 Template:IPA-jv.

Conversion to IPA

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|2|a|l|l|u|gh|a|t_|a|l|3|a|r|a|b|i|y|y|a}} → Template:IPAc-ar
Mandarin	{{IPAc-cmn|zh|ong|1|h|ua|2|-|r|en|2|m|in|2|-|g|ong|4|h|e|2|g|uo|2}} → Template:IPAc-cmn
English	{{IPAc-en|'|s|&|n|d|k|a:|s|@l}} → Template:IPAc-en
French	{{IPAc-fr|j|@|-|s|U|i|s_|a|m|é|r|i|c|ain}} → Template:IPAc-fr
Irish	{{IPAc-ga|'|b|ai|l'|@|-|'|á|th|@|-|'|c'|l'|ia|th}} → Template:IPAc-ga
Japanese	{{IPAc-ja|a}} → Template:IPAc-ja
Hungarian	{{IPAc-hu|'|m|a|gy|á|r}} → Template:IPAc-hu
Polish	{{IPAc-pl|'|sz|cz|e|ć|i|n}} → Template:IPAc-pl

See also

• {{respell}}, for pronunciation respellings, which may be used for English words in addition to the IPA
• {{lang-nci-IPA}}, for dual Nahuatl-IPA transcription