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| 1 | +## IPA Chart for Japanese |
| 2 | +**bold = phonemic/<u>tense</u>** |
| 3 | +*italic = marginal / lax / loan‑only* |
| 4 | +### Consonants |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +#### Plosives & Affricates |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +| Place | Plosive(s) | Affricate(s) | |
| 9 | +|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 10 | +| **Bilabial** | **p (pa パ / ぱ)**<br>**b (ba バ / ば)** | — | |
| 11 | +| **Alveolar** | **t (ta タ / た)**<br>**d (da ダ / だ)** | **ts (tsu ツ / つ)**<br>*t͡sɛ/tsa/tso* (ツェ / つぇ ツァ / つぁ ツォ / つぉ)<br>**t͡ɕ (chi チ / ち)**<br>**d͡ʑ (ji ジ / じ ・ ぢ)** | |
| 12 | +| **Palatal** | — | *t͡ʃ (che チェ / ちぇ)* | |
| 13 | +| **Velar** | **k (ka カ / か)**<br>**g (ga ガ / が)** | — | |
| 14 | +| **Glottal** | **ʔ (ッ / っ)** | — | |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +--- |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +#### Nasals & Tap/Flap |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +| Place | Nasal(s) | Tap / Flap | |
| 21 | +|---------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------| |
| 22 | +| **Bilabial** | **m (ma マ / ま)** | — | |
| 23 | +| **Alveolar** | **n (na ナ / な)** | **ɾ (ra ラ / ら)** | |
| 24 | +| **Palatal** | *(ɲ (nya ニャ / にゃ))* | — | |
| 25 | +| **Velar** | *(ŋ (音便 / ん変化))* | — | |
| 26 | +| **Uvular** | **ɴ (ん / ン)** | — | |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +--- |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +#### Fricatives |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +| Place | Fricative(s) | |
| 33 | +|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 34 | +| **Bilabial** | **ɸ (fu フ / ふ)**<br>*fa (ファ / ふぁ)* *fi (フィ / ふぃ)* *fe (フェ / ふぇ)* *fo (フォ / ふぉ)* | |
| 35 | +| **Alveolar** | **s (sa サ / さ)**<br>**z (za ザ / ざ)** | |
| 36 | +| **Postalveolar** | **ɕ (shi シ / し)**<br>*ʑ (zhi ジ / じ)* | |
| 37 | +| **Palatal** | **ç (hi ヒ / ひ)** | |
| 38 | +| **Velar/Glottal**| **h〈a/e/o〉 (ha ハ / は)**<br>**h〈u〉 (fu フ / ふ)** | |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +--- |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +#### Approximants |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +| Place | Approximant(s) | |
| 45 | +|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 46 | +| **Palatal**| **j (ya ヤ / や)**<br>*ɥ (yu ユ / ゆ)* | |
| 47 | +| **Velar** | **ɰ (wa ワ / わ)**<br>*wi (ウィ / うぃ)* *we (ウェ / うぇ)* *wo (ウォ / うぉ)* | |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +--- |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +#### Trill / Lateral |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +> *(none phonemic — the Japanese “r” is a flap; lateral /l/ appears only in some loans)* |
| 54 | +
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| 55 | +--- |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +### Vowels |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +| Height | Front | Central | Back | |
| 60 | +|-------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |
| 61 | +| **High** | **i (い / イ)**<br>*ɪ (ィ / ぃ)* | | **ɯ (う / ウ)**<br>*u (ゥ / ぅ)* | |
| 62 | +| **Mid** | **e (え / エ)**<br>*ɛ (ェ / ぇ)* | *ə* (schwa in loans) | **o (お / オ)**<br>*ɔ (ォ / ぉ)* | |
| 63 | +| **Low** | | **a (あ / ア)** | | |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +> **Core Japanese vowels** are tense monophthongs (bold). |
| 66 | +> Lax/central vowels appear only in loanwords with small kana (italics). |
| 67 | +
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| 68 | +--- |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +### Borrowed (Extended Katakana) Clusters |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +| Katakana | Hiragana | Romaji | IPA | Mapped Cell | |
| 73 | +|----------------|----------------|--------|-----------|----------------------------| |
| 74 | +| ツァ | つぁ | tsa | t͡sa | alveolar affricate | |
| 75 | +| ツェ | つぇ | tse | t͡se | “ | |
| 76 | +| ツォ | つぉ | tso | t͡so | “ | |
| 77 | +| ファ | ふぁ | fa | ɸa | bilabial fricative | |
| 78 | +| フィ | ふぃ | fi | ɸi | “ | |
| 79 | +| フェ | ふぇ | fe | ɸe | “ | |
| 80 | +| フォ | ふぉ | fo | ɸo | “ | |
| 81 | +| ウィ | うぃ | wi | ɰi | velar approximant | |
| 82 | +| ウェ | うぇ | we | ɰe | “ | |
| 83 | +| ウォ | うぉ | wo | ɰo | “ | |
| 84 | +| ティ | てぃ | ti | ti | alveolar plosive | |
| 85 | +| ディ | でぃ | di | di | “ | |
| 86 | +| トゥ | つぅ | tu | tɯ | “ | |
| 87 | +| ドゥ | どぅ | du | dɯ | “ | |
| 88 | +| デュ | でゅ | dyu | dʲɯ | palatalized | |
| 89 | +| シェ | しぇ | she | ɕe | postalveolar fricative | |
| 90 | +| チェ | ちぇ | che | t͡ɕe | palatal affricate | |
| 91 | +| ジェ | じぇ | je | dʑe | voiced palatal affricate | |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +> These extended clusters approximate foreign sounds (f, v, θ, ð, ʃ, tʃ, dʒ, w) while mapping into existing Japanese IPA cells. |
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