International Phonetic Alphabet
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In·ter·na·tion·al Pho·ne·tic Al·pha·bet
(IPA) (in'tĕr-nash'ŭn-ăl fŏ-net'ik al'fă-bet)System of orthographic symbols devised for representing speech sounds; can be used for any language or to represent the sounds of disordered speech.
In·ter·na·tion·al Pho·ne·tic Al·pha·bet
(IPA) (in'tĕr-nash'ŭn-ăl fŏ-net'ik al'fă-bet)System of orthographic symbols devised for representing speech sounds.