| - [Vowels](#vowels) | - [Vowels](#vowels) | ||||
| - [Positioning Diacritics](#positioning-diacritics) | - [Positioning Diacritics](#positioning-diacritics) | ||||
| - [Features](#features) | - [Features](#features) | ||||
| - [Air Flow](#air-flow) | |||||
| - [Initiator](#initiator) | |||||
| - [Manner of Articulation](#manner-of-articulation) | |||||
| - [Air Flow](#air-flow) | |||||
| - [Initiator](#initiator) | |||||
| - [Target](#target) | |||||
| - [Manner](#manner) | |||||
| - [Phonation](#phonation) | - [Phonation](#phonation) | ||||
| - [Place of Articulation](#place-of-articulation) | - [Place of Articulation](#place-of-articulation) | ||||
| - [Active Articulators](#active-articulators) | - [Active Articulators](#active-articulators) | ||||
| - [Passive Articulators](#passive-articulators) | - [Passive Articulators](#passive-articulators) | ||||
| - [Rounding and Labialization](#rounding-and-labialization) | - [Rounding and Labialization](#rounding-and-labialization) | ||||
| - [Consonants](#consonants) | |||||
| - [Manner of Articulation](#manner-of-articulation) | |||||
| - [Vowels](#vowels-1) | - [Vowels](#vowels-1) | ||||
| - [Height](#height) | - [Height](#height) | ||||
| - [Backness](#backness) | - [Backness](#backness) | ||||
| ## Features | ## Features | ||||
| ### Air Flow | |||||
| ### Manner of Articulation | |||||
| | Feature | Symbol | Name | Description | | |||||
| |---------|--------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | |||||
| | `egs` | ↑ | egressive | The air flow is moving outwards from the initiator. | | |||||
| | `igs` | ↓ | ingressive | The air flow is moving inwards towards the initiator. | | |||||
| The manner of articulation is described in terms of several distinct feature | |||||
| types. The possible manners of articulation are: | |||||
| | Manner of Articulation | Feature | Symbol | Features | | |||||
| |------------------------|-----------|--------|-----------------------| | |||||
| | nasal | `nas` | | `pmc egs nsl occ` | | |||||
| | plosive (stop) | `stp` | | `pmc egs orl occ` | | |||||
| | affricate | `afr` | | `pmc egs orl occ frr` | | |||||
| | fricative | `frc` | | `pmc egs orl frv` | | |||||
| | tap/flap | `flp` | | `pmc egs orl fla` | | |||||
| | trill | `trl` | | `pmc egs orl tri` | | |||||
| | approximant | `apr` | | `pmc egs orl app` | | |||||
| | click | `clk` | | `vlc igs orl` | | |||||
| | ejective | `ejc` | | `vlc igs orl occ` | | |||||
| | implosive | `imp` | ◌ʼ | `gtc igs` | | |||||
| The features for these manners of articulation are provided for convenience, | |||||
| and to make it easier to describe the IPA consonants. Internally, the | |||||
| distinct feature types are used. | |||||
| For `imp` consonants, they use the features of the base phoneme except for | |||||
| the `pmc` and `egs` features. Thus, a `nas imp` is a `gtc igs nsl occ`. | |||||
| Additionally, the manner of articulation can be refined using the following | |||||
| features: | |||||
| | Feature | Name | Description | | |||||
| |---------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | |||||
| | `lat` | lateral | The air flow is directed along the sides of the tongue. | | |||||
| | `sib` | sibilant | The air flow is directed through the teeth with the tongue. | | |||||
| #### Air Flow | |||||
| | Feature | Symbol | Name | Description | | |||||
| |---------|--------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------| | |||||
| | `egs` | ↑ | egressive | The air flow is moving outwards from the initiator to the target. | | |||||
| | `igs` | ↓ | ingressive | The air flow is moving inwards from the target to the initiator. | | |||||
| The ↑ and ↓ symbols are from the extended IPA<sup>\[<a href="#ref7">7</a>\]</sup>. | The ↑ and ↓ symbols are from the extended IPA<sup>\[<a href="#ref7">7</a>\]</sup>. | ||||
| They only need to be used when the air flow is different to the base IPA | They only need to be used when the air flow is different to the base IPA | ||||
| phoneme (e.g. using ↓ on pulmonic consonants). | phoneme (e.g. using ↓ on pulmonic consonants). | ||||
| ### Initiator | |||||
| #### Initiator | |||||
| | Feature | Name | Description | | | Feature | Name | Description | | ||||
| |---------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | |---------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | ||||
| | `vlc` | velaric | The velum is closed and the tongue is used to generate the airstream. | | | `vlc` | velaric | The velum is closed and the tongue is used to generate the airstream. | | ||||
| | `pcv` | percussive | There is no airstream used to produce this sound. | | | `pcv` | percussive | There is no airstream used to produce this sound. | | ||||
| #### Phonation | |||||
| #### Target | |||||
| | Feature | Name | Description | | |||||
| |---------|------------|-------------------------------------------------| | |||||
| | `nsl` | nasal | The air flows through the nose. | | |||||
| | `orl` | oral | The air flows through the mouth. | | |||||
| #### Manner | |||||
| | Feature | Symbol | Name | Description | | |||||
| |---------|--------|------------|--------------------------------------------------| | |||||
| | `occ` | | occlusive | The air flow is blocked within the vocal tract. | | |||||
| | `frv` | | fricative | The air flow is constricted, causing turbulence. | | |||||
| ### Phonation | |||||
| The phonation features describe the degree to which the glottis (vocal chords) are open or closed. | The phonation features describe the degree to which the glottis (vocal chords) are open or closed. | ||||
| annotations to specify the type of labialization. Vowels can use these to | annotations to specify the type of labialization. Vowels can use these to | ||||
| change their labialization from the default one specified by `rnd`. | change their labialization from the default one specified by `rnd`. | ||||
| ### Consonants | |||||
| #### Manner of Articulation | |||||
| | Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name | | |||||
| |---------|-------------|-----------------| | |||||
| | `stp` | `stp` | plosive (stop) | | |||||
| | `nas` | `nas` | nasal | | |||||
| | `trl` | `trl` | trill | | |||||
| | `flp` | `flp` | tap/flap | | |||||
| | `afr` | `afr` | affricate | | |||||
| | `frc` | `frc` | fricative | | |||||
| | `apr` | `apr` | approximant | | |||||
| | `clk` | `clk` | click | | |||||
| | `ejc` | `ejc` | ejective | | |||||
| | `imp` | `imp` | implosive | | |||||
| The following features can be combined with other manners of articulation: | |||||
| | Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name | | |||||
| |---------|-------------|-----------------| | |||||
| | `lat` | `lat` | lateral | | |||||
| | `sib` | | sibilant | | |||||
| __NOTE:__ `sib` is not used in the IPA charts. | |||||
| ### Vowels | ### Vowels | ||||
| | Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name | | | Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name | |