This is a documentation subpage for आकृति:IPA-en. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original आकृति page.

This template formats IPA transcriptions and links them to WP:IPA for English. The transcription should match the conventions of that key; for narrower dialect transcriptions, use ((IPA-all)), which links to a more complete IPA key.

The first parameter in the template is for the transcription, and a second optional parameter is a switch that controls the wording introducing the transcription. With no second value, the introduction English pronunciation: appears:

• ((IPA-en|n)) → अङ्ग्रेजी उच्चारण: /n/
• ((IPA-en|n|pron)) → pronounced /n/
• ((IPA-en|n|lang)) → English: /n/
• ((IPA-en|n|local)) → locally /n/
• ((IPA-en|n|IPA)) → IPA: /n/
• ((IPA-en|n|UK)) → UK: /n/
• ((IPA-en|n|US)) → US: /n/
• ((IPA-en|n|)) → /n/

Any of these may be combined with a sound file in an optional third parameter:

• ((IPA-en|n|local|En-us-'n'.ogg)) → locally /n/ ( सुनी)

To use the default introductory wording when a third parameter is used, a placeholder such as ‹-› (something that does not match any of the above switches) is required in the second parameter:

• ((IPA-en|n|-|En-us-'n'.ogg)) → अङ्ग्रेजी उच्चारण: /n/ ( सुनी)

or the third parameter must be explicitly numbered:

• ((IPA-en|n|3=En-us-'n'.ogg)) → अङ्ग्रेजी उच्चारण: /n/ ( सुनी)

Wikipedia offers several templates for proper display of IPA transcriptions.

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.

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: अङ्ग्रेजी उच्चारण: /word/ (also /word/, English: /word/, pronounced /word/, as below)
  • ((pron-en)), appearing as: pronounced /word/ ^{(deprecated template)},

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: IPA: [word], 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)) → फ्रेञ्च उच्चारण: ​[o]

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

• ((IPA-fr|o|pron)) → pronounced: [o]

Language name only:

• ((IPA-fr|o|lang)) → French: [o]

"IPA" only:

• ((IPA-fr|o|IPA)) → IPA: [o]

Link only:

• ((IPA-fr|o|)) → [o]

Any of these may be combined with a sound file:

• ((IPA-fr|o|lang|Fr-eau.ogg)) → French: [o] ( सुनी)

For the default introductory phrase, however, a placeholder such as ‹-› is required:

• ((IPA-fr|o|-|Fr-eau.ogg)) → फ्रेञ्च उच्चारण: [o] ( सुनी)

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 आकृति:IPA-jv.

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. Those currently available are ((IPAc-ar)) for Arabic, ((IPAc-cmn)) for Mandarin, ((IPAc-en)) for English, ((IPAc-fr)) for French, ((IPAc-ga)) for Irish, ((IPAc-hu)) for Hungarian, ((IPAc-pl)) for Polish and ((IPAc-ja)) for Japanese. For example:

• ((IPAc-ar|2|a|l|l|u|gh|a|t_|a|l|3|a|r|a|b|i|y|y|a)) → आकृति:IPAc-ar
• ((IPAc-cmn|zh|ong|1|h|ua|2|-|r|en|2|m|in|2|-|g|ong|4|h|e|2|g|uo|2)) → [t͡ʂʊ́ŋxwɑ̌ ʐə̌nmǐn kʊ̂ŋxɰʌ̌kwɔ̌]
• ((IPAc-en|'|s|&|n|d|k|a:|s|@l)) → /ˈs[invalid input: '&']ndkɑːsəl/
• ((IPAc-fr|j|@|-|s|U|i|s_|a|m|é|r|i|c|ain)) → आकृति:IPAc-fr
• ((IPAc-ga|'|b|ai|l'|@|-|'|á|th|@|-|'|c'|l'|ia|th)) → आकृति:IPAc-ga
• ((IPAc-hu|'|m|a|gy|á|r)) → आकृति:IPAc-hu
• ((IPAc-pl|'|sz|cz|e|ć|i|n)) → [ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin]

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