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This template ensures proper display of a transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It can also automatically provide a label indicating the language being transcribed and link to an explanatory guide. Its behavior changes drastically depending on whether more than one unnamed parameter is given. For broad transcriptions of English, use {{IPAc-en}} instead.
Usage
The behavior of this template changes drastically depending on whether more than one unnamed parameter is given.
The basic usage of this template is just to pass an IPA transcription as the first argument, as in:
Markup
Renders as
{{IPA|/ˌlɔːrəm ˈɪpsəm/}}
/ˌlɔːrəmˈɪpsəm/
Which might not look different from just the transcription without the template (/ˌlɔːrəm ˈɪpsəm/), but it actually outputs:
<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ˌlɔːrəm<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈɪpsəm/</span>
That is, it adds
the IPA class, allowing registered users to assign a typeface of their choice (see Help:IPA § Rendering issues for how);
a title attribute, which appears as a tooltip when the mouse hovers over the transcription;
the nowrap class, preventing line wrapping at inappropriate places like after / or ˌ;
the wrap class to whitespace characters, allowing wrapping to occur at appropriate places.
All IPA text should be placed in the template, even if it consists entirely of ASCII characters, as in {{IPA|/mi/}}. This allows users to format all examples of IPA text consistently, and software like screen readers to interpret them accurately. If a substantial portion of a page uses IPA, post notice of that fact with {{IPA notice}}.
Issue with linking
If the template is inside a wikilink, the link may not display correctly in certain namespaces (including the mainspace):
Markup
Renders as
[[Lorem ipsum|{{IPA|/ˌlɔːrəm ˈɪpsəm/}}]]
[[Lorem ipsum|/ˌlɔːrəmˈɪpsəm/]]
This is because the template by default inserts a category. To prevent it, add |cat=no, as in:
IETF language tag (e.g. ar, pt-BR) to be followed by -Latn-fonipa, replacing und (undetermined).
tooltip
Replaces the default tooltip "Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)". Leaving it blank means no tooltip.
Guide-linking mode
If more than one unnamed parameter is given, the first one is recognized as a language code and the second as the transcription. The transcription is automatically linked to one of the language-specific keys if a corrseponding one exists, or to Help:IPA if not, and preceded by a label with the name of the language, as in {{lang-xx}}. Unlike in the basic mode, brackets are automatically added so need not be included in the input.
Notice the transcriptions are linked to language-specific keys in the first two examples, and to the generic guide in the rest. The language name and article link are automatically taken from Module:Language by passing the language tag, unless overridden in Module:IPA/data.
The behavior in this mode mimics {{IPA-xx}} templates that were created for a number of languages. {{IPA}} consolidates those templates for better maintenance and consistency, and is now the recommended template.
Label code. Leave it blank to have no label at all. The label "[language name] pronunciation:" is used if the input is not empty but none of the below.
lang: "[language name]:"
ipa: "IPA:"
pron: "pronounced"
also: "also"
alsolang: "also [language name]:"
langalso: "[language name] also"
local: "locally"
localpron: "local pronunciation:"
Fourth unnamed parameter
Name of an audio file to accompany the transcription.
label
Text that precedes the transcription. Takes precedence over the third unnamed parameter.
link
If set to yes, the language name in the label will be linked to the article about the language.
small
If set to no, the label appears in the same size as the surrounding text. Be sure to use this where the text is already smaller, per MOS:SMALLTEXT (references, infoboxes, and navboxes are excluded by default).
generic
If set to yes, the transcription is linked not to the language-specific key but to the generic Help:IPA. This is required if the transcription does not adhere to the conventions laid out in the language-specific key.
Name of an audio file to accompany the transcription. Takes precedence over the fourth unnamed parameter.
wrap
If set to none, wrapping is prevented for the entire transcription (i.e. the wrap class is not added to spaces). If set to all, no wrapping prevention takes place (i.e. the nowrap class is not added to the transcription).
class
HTML class(es) added to the span element containing the transcription.
These are added only in Module:Category handler's default namespaces. If |debug=yes is given, the categories that would be added are shown as links, no matter the namespace. This is for testcases only.
TemplateData
TemplateData
This template ensures proper display of transcriptions using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Its behavior changes drastically depending on whether more than one unnamed parameter is given. For dialect-neutral transcriptions of English, use IPAc-en instead.
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Transcription or language code
1
Transcription including brackets ([...] for a phonetic transcription and /.../ for a phonemic one) if this template is being used just for formatting. IETF language tag if used for linking the transcription to a language-specific key or introductory guide.
Example
[ɛɡzɑ̃pl], en
String
required
Transcription
2
Without brackets.
Example
ɛɡzɑ̃pl
String
optional
Label code
3
Replaces the default label "[language name] pronunciation:" with another canned one. Leave it blank to have no label.
Suggested values
langipapronalsoalsolanglangalsolocallocalpron
String
optional
Audio file
audio4
Name of an audio file to accompany the transcription.
File
optional
Label
label
Text that precedes the transcription. Unlike "Label code", this displays any wikitext as entered.
Line
optional
link
link
"yes" links the language name in the label to the article about the language.
Suggested values
yes
String
optional
small
small
"no" cancels the reduction of the label size.
Suggested values
no
String
optional
generic
generic
"yes" links the transcription to [[Help:IPA]] instead of a language-specific key. Required if the transcription does not adhere to the conventions of the language-specific key.
Suggested values
yes
String
optional
wrap
wrap
"none" prevents wrapping anywhere in the transcription. "all" cancels the prevention of wrapping after non-space characters in the transcription.
Suggested values
noneall
String
optional
class
class
Additional HTML class(es) for the transcription.
String
optional
Language code
lang
IETF language tag when the first parameter is a transcription.
Example
en
String
optional
Tooltip
tooltip
Tooltip to replace the default one with. Leave it blank to have no tooltip.
String
optional
cat
cat
"no" cancels the categorization of the page into "Pages with [language name] IPA".
Suggested values
no
String
optional
Conversion templates
Some language-specific templates allow you to enter ordinary letters (or conventional ASCII equivalents) in place of IPA characters, and convert them to the phonetic symbols used to transcribe the language.
Some other conversion templates have also been created, but they haven't been vetted by the community and may not produce output complying with the respective keys.
This template is used on approximately 143,000 pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
This template, often abbreviated as {{}}, is used to provide stylized formatting to template displays without actually using the template itself. The code generated will be displayed inline. For a multi-line output, see {{tj}}.
Parameters
With the exception of alttext, the named parameters are toggles that are either omitted (default in most cases) or activated (by being assigned a value such as "on", "yes", "true", "include", etc.). They may be included in any order (see Examples below). Certain templates have the parameter "on" by default; see the main table for all alternate options.
To indicate text is a variable name. Use for any variable names except those including "I" (uppercase i) and/or "l" (lowercase L); for these, {{var serif}} should be used to ensure a noticeable distinction
To display parameters as used in code (i.e. with triple braces), especially to indicate relationships between them. May be combined with {{para}} above
To display parameter values lightly bordered; replaces <code>...</code>, especially when value contains embedded or leading/trailing blanks; visualized here with middot (·) but can use ␠, ▯, or any character.
To showcase with colors in horizontal format the syntax of any template, while providing an easy way to display placeholder texts using colons as separators
To indicate text is source code. To nest other templates within {{code}}, use <code>...</code>. {{codett}} differs only in styling: someMethod becomes someMethod
( or {{dc}}) To indicate deprecated source code in template documentation, articles on HTML specs, etc. The {{dc2}} variant uses strike-through (<blink>) while {{dcr}} uses red (<blink>).
To showcase with colors and multiple lines (vertical format) the syntax of any template, while providing an easy way to display placeholder texts using colons as separators
