Talk:IPA consonant chart with audio

Errata, a question and a comment.
First the comment: this seems important to me, as IPA symbols are widely used to explain pronunciation.

Errata: Some symbols don't play. They just sit there as though they were playing but with no discernible sound.

Question: Why is the second pronunciation always preceded by "ah"?

NStahl (talk) 20:59, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * About "some don't play": please copy-paste here the symbols that don't work. Others do play, check? -DePiep (talk) 21:10, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Edralis (talk) 21:54, 02 November 2013 (UTC) Maybe a different sound example for palatal lateral approximant? For example, I made one here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palatal_lateral_approximant_-_SK.ogg

Alveolo-palatal
Where are e.g. ɕ and ʑ?--2.245.94.52 (talk) 12:46, 10 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I guess they are in a separate little mini-chart, Template:IPA chart co-articulated consonants. But I also find this really counterintuitive, there's basically no way to guess that without clicking on a million "see-also" link. The table in the main article International Phonetic Alphabet puts these into the main pulmonic consonants table, rather than the co-articulated consonants table. Shouldn't we do the same here? Vilhelm.s (talk) 00:08, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

what about snoring sound?
like, nasal inhale epiglottal trill? я *??? why no sound for that? does it even fit on the chart? No. what the... huh? it's actually a nasal trill... Lostubes (talk) 22:23, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Are there languages which use this sound??? --YodaMaster445 (talk) 09:45, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

approximants
Could sb. please add the approximants? Especially those appearing in Spanish. Thanks --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:53, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

How can I link to the file for the voiceless bilabial affricate?
Hi, just noticed that the pɸ sound does not have a sound file on this page, yet on the page for the individual sound there is one. How can I add the file to the article? Upon editing this page I see a template "IPA pulmonic consonants" which quickly leads into a template maze. Where is the correct place to add the file or what can I change to make it show up? 07:07, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ here. Nardog (talk) 21:59, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Create a category for dialects
For example, the entry for the Labiodental approximant reads:

Chinese Mandarin: 为 / wèi [ʋêi] 'for' Prevalent in northern dialects. Corresponds to /w/ in other varieties.

However, currently the only way for users to know about this info is checking every consonant in the chart. Otherwise, how can users check what entries do show info about say Mandarin? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:23, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
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 * Alveolar lateral flap.ogg

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 * Labial-palatal approximant.ogg

Add new symbol/sound
Could we add the uvular approximant to the chart and its pronunciation? I think it deserves to be on there because it is used in a lot of languages and not only a couple languages. Please put it on the chart somebody please. IPAexpert (talk) 03:59, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Also added samples of dental plosives and affricates, and bilabial, dental, and postalveolar approximants, which had been on Commons but the template didn't show. Nardog (talk) 04:24, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Glottal Trill?
I can do a special noise. First I thinked it‘s an epiglottal trill. But an epiglottal trill doesn‘t sound so. I think it‘s an glottal trill, because the larynx is vibrating. But an glottal trill is not possible. It could be an voice quality too, because I can "combine" it with every voiced Consonant and Vowel. Does someone know which sound that is? I have recorded it:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by YodaMaster445 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * Alveolar lateral flap.ogg

extIPA?
Someone needs to do extIPA. I can add it to the page if someone records the sound. 67.81.132.165 (talk) 23:54, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Grey Sections Can't Exist
Why is "ɡ̆" placed in a grey section of the chart? Those sections are meant to represent sounds that it is physically impossible for humans to make.

As the article that sound links to says that there is no dedicated IPA symbol for that sound anyway, it should not included in this chart.

1.127.104.110 (talk) 14:49, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

How do I edit the chart?
I wanted to fix the ɡ̆ being in a greyed out cell but I can't edit the table. Is it another page I need to edit? Language Boi (talk) 01:04, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

More sounds
I am currently working on uploading sounds for the last few symbols in the chart. However, I do not know how to make them appear—it would be much appreciate if I could be told how to do so and/or have it done by someone else. Thank you. Eshaan011 (talk) 00:52, 4 March 2024 (UTC)


 * As I've already told you multiple times, request an edit by clicking "Submit an edit request" here after uploading the files to Commons. Nardog (talk) 01:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I did not see the initial message. I apologise for the misunderstanding. Thank you for the information that I now have. Eshaan011 (talk) 01:06, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I have now done as you said. Thank you for the information. Eshaan011 (talk) 01:27, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Voiced dental approximant pronounciation
I'm spanish and I have to say that the voiced dental approximant audio recording doesn't sound as it should, currently, well it just sucks a lot. Also the /β̞/ is perfect put the /ɰ/ or /ɣ̞/ it sounds with /ã/ instead of /a/. Phibik 64 (talk) 13:37, 11 June 2024 (UTC)