Language/Multiple-languages/Pronunciation/International-Phonetic-Alphabet

When I learn a language, the books always show a similar phone in the learner's language to tell me how to pronunciate a phone. But if one wants to be a polyglot, that's really not an appropriate method. So it's necessary to learn IPA if you want to be multilingual.

Official website

https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/

Chart with pronunciations

http://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/

FAQ

Q1. What's the difference between voiceless and voiced?

A1. The difference between voiceless and voiced is whether the vocal cord vibrates or not when pronunciating the consonant. It's hard to distinguish for a beginner.

Q2. Why is the vowel chart shown in trapezoidal shape?

A2. Because it's the shape of a mouth facing left side, it's vivid to show tougue positions.

Q3. Are phones in IPA for English identical with their correspondants in IPA?

A3. Absolutely NOT! Notwithstanding there are various dialects, even though phones are in the same symbles, there are still subtle differences, and so do IPAs for other languages. If you are not going to study linguistics, it's right here to halt further asking. One of course may have its own accent, anyway if people accept it, that's enough, for a common polyglot.

Q4. How to pronunciate trills?

A4. It require patience if none of them are in your mother tongue, but no retreat. If you can find out a trill's frequency, you can do it with the other. If you can't succeed anyway, you should visit an oral surgeon.