International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet(or IPA) is a standardized alphabet that was created by the International Phonetic Association in 1886. It was created as a standardized system of writing that could be used by linguists. A symbol was created to represent each sound found in human language. The IPA is generally represented as a group of tables, each representing a different kind of phone(Pulmonic Consonants, Vowels, etc. ).