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The 35 pages that link to International Phonetic Alphabet, each with the reason it gives.

• PhonemeRelated: Its symbols can record phonemic contrasts as well as phonetic detail.

• PhoneticsRelated: Its symbols encode distinctions identified through phonetic analysis.

• Greek alphabetCompared with: It borrows Greek letter forms but is a separate notation designed for sound transcription.

• SyllableRelated: Its transcriptions can mark syllable boundaries and show how words are pronounced.

• AlphabetBroader topic: It uses alphabetic principles to represent pronunciation with unusually consistent sound-to-symbol correspondences.

• AbugidaCompared with: Its alphabetic design offers a modern alternative to inherent-vowel spelling.

• Tonal languageRelated: Its tone marks allow linguists to transcribe pitch patterns consistently.

• GraphemeCompared with: Its symbols aim for sound representation, making it a useful contrast with ordinary orthographies.

• DictionRelated: It records the exact pronunciations that ordinary spelling often obscures.

• English orthographyCompared with: Unlike English orthography, it aims to represent pronunciation consistently.

• Great Vowel ShiftRelated: Phonetic transcriptions make the old and modern vowel qualities comparable.

• Middle ChineseRelated: Modern reconstructions use phonetic notation to state sound values absent from the source dictionaries.

• VowelRelated: Its vowel chart organizes symbols by tongue position and lip rounding.

• PinyinCompared with: Unlike Pinyin, it aims to represent sounds consistently across languages rather than spell Mandarin for ordinary use.

• RomanizationCompared with: Unlike language-specific romanization, it aims to represent pronunciation independently of ordinary spelling.

• Click consonantRelated: Its dedicated click symbols let linguists record place and release distinctions consistently.

• Arabic phonologyRelated: IPA symbols make Arabic consonant and vowel contrasts explicit.

• Phonetic transcriptionRelated: Its symbols provide the most widely used notation for phonetic transcription.

• Text-to-speechRelated: Its symbols provide a consistent way to describe pronunciations for TTS.

• Tone sandhiRelated: Phonetic transcription can record surface tones and make sandhi alternations explicit.

• Latin scriptRelated: It reuses many Latin letter shapes while assigning symbols precise phonetic values.

• Phonemic orthographyRelated: It offers a reference point for how explicit sound-to-symbol mapping can work.

• DiphthongRelated: Its symbols can mark both the starting and ending qualities of a diphthong.

• Romanization of ChineseCompared with: Unlike practical Chinese romanization, it aims to represent pronunciation precisely rather than support ordinary spelling.

• Spanish phonologyRelated: IPA transcription represents Spanish pronunciations without relying on spelling conventions.

• Hanyu PinyinCompared with: The IPA aims for phonetic precision, whereas Pinyin is a conventional spelling system.

• PronunciationRelated: It records pronunciation independently of ordinary spelling.

• English alphabetCompared with: Unlike English spelling, it aims for a direct sound-to-symbol system.

• Romanization of ArabicRelated: It provides a sound-focused alternative when ordinary Latin spellings obscure Arabic pronunciation.

• Yuen Ren ChaoRelated: Chao used phonetic transcription to record and compare Chinese speech sounds.

• History of linguisticsRelated: A shared transcription system made pronunciation evidence more comparable across research traditions.

• Mid central vowelRelated: Its vowel chart locates central vowels by height and backness.

• Peter LadefogedRelated: Ladefoged helped expand and teach the system used to describe the sounds he documented.

• Phonological history of EnglishRelated: It provides a consistent notation for comparing pronunciations across periods.

• Rhotic consonantRelated: Its symbols distinguish several consonants that function as rhotics.