How do I input symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet? I have looked at the Editing Help but there is nothing about it.
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1I hope these answer your question. stackapps.com/questions/3828/ipa-keyboard-for-linguistics-se english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115/…– Eddie KalAug 22, 2020 at 3:09
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Ah. I thought there would be some kind of special syntax using plain ASCII, kinda like MathJax or LaTex.– KalAug 22, 2020 at 4:35
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2In addition to @Glor's answer, here's one handy tool shared a few years ago in chat that I've kept around: westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard– M.A.R.Aug 22, 2020 at 10:35
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Some IPA symbols have HTML entity codes with more or less logical names/abbrevations, so you can type them in plain ASCII:
æbecomes æðbecomes ðñbecomes ñ
But most of them, like the schwa, only have numbers, which will be hard to remember:
əbecomes ə
A full list is available here.
answered Aug 22, 2020 at 7:28
For an occasional user, the keyboard linked to by M.A.R. would be my suggestion:
http://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/
If you want to type a lot of IPA, it might be more convenient to install the Keyman IPA layout on your computer:
https://keyman.com/keyboards/sil_ipa
This is free and cross-platform, and you can even try it out right in your browser! But make sure you read the docs first, since you probably won't be able to figure out how to use it just by guessing.
(If you search online you might find recommendations for KMFL or Ekaya – essentially free alternatives to Keyman – but thanks to SIL International, the Keyman software is now free on all platforms, so you don't need to download KMFL or Ekaya anymore.)