International Phonetic Alphabet n The IPA was first

International Phonetic Alphabet

n The IPA was first published in 1888 by the Association Phonétique Internationale (International Phonetic Association), a group of French language teachers founded by Paul Passy. The aim of the organisation was to devise a system for transcribing the sounds of speech which was independent of any particular language and applicable to all languages. n A phonetic script for English created in 1847 by Isaac Pitman and Henry Ellis was used as a model for the IPA.

n The general principle of the IPA is to provide one letter for each distinctive sound n The letters chosen for the IPA are meant to harmonize with the Latin alphabet. For this reason, most letters are either Latin or Greek, or modifications thereof.

Phonetic Chart for English n https: //www. teachingenglish. org. uk/article/ phonemic-chart