IPA Typewriter(explanation below)


Plosive  Affricate  p k͡p t t͡ɬ ʦ ʧ ʈ ʈ͡ʂ ʨ c k q ʡ ʔ Vowel
b g͡b d d͡ɬ ʣ ʤ ɖ ɖ͡ʐ ʥ ɟ g ɢ Central ˧ ˩˧ ˩ ˧˩
t͡ɬʰ ʦʰ ʧʰ ʈʰ ʈ͡ʂʰ ʨʰ ʉ  ɨ  i y ɯ u
d͡ɬʱ ʣʱ ʤʱ ɖʱ ɖ͡ʐʱ ʥʱ ɟʱ ɢʱ ɵ  ɘ  ɪ ʏ ʊ
k͡pʼ t͡ɬʼ ʦʼ ʧʼ ʈʼ ʈ͡ʂʼ ʨʼ ɞ  ɜ  e ø ɤ o
k͡p̚ ʈ̚ ɶ  ɒ  ɛ œ ʌ ɔ
ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ Central æ ɝ a ɑ
 Sibilant 
Fricative
ɸ f θ ɬ s ʃ ʂ ɕ ç x χ ħ h ~ ː ə ɐ
β v ð ɮ z ʒ ʐ ʑ ʝ ɣ ʁ ʕ ɦ ˈ ˧˥ ˥ ˥˧
θʼ ɬʼ ʃʼ ʂʼ ɕʼ çʼ χʼ Suffix
App-
roxi-
mant
β̞ ʋ ɹ̈ ð̞ ɹ ɹ̠ ɻ ʕ̞ ʔ̰ ʲ ˠ ʷ
β̞̥ ʋ̥ ɹ̥̈ ð̞̥ ʍ ɹ̥ ɹ̠̥ ɻ̥ ˤ ˀ
Semivowel ɰ . w ɚ̯ ɥ j ə̯ + °
Lateral l ɭ ȴ ʎ ɫ ʟ -
ɭ̥ ȴ̥ ʎ̥ ʟ̥ Diacritics
Nasal m ɱ ŋ͡m n ɳ ȵ ɲ ŋ ɴ ◌̹ ◌̜ ◌̈ ◌̽ ◌̩ ◌̯ ◌˞
◌̤ ◌̰ ◌̼ ◌̴ ◌̘ ◌̙
◌̪ ◌̺ ◌̻ ◌̃ ◌̚ ◌ˑ ◌̆
◌ʰ ◌ʱ ◌ˡ ◌ˣ ◌ᶿ
ɳ̊ ȵ̊ ɲ̊ ŋ̊
Tap ʙ ɾ ɺ r ř ɽ ɽ͡r  Trill ʀ ʢ
ɾ̥ ɺ̥ ɽ̊ ʀ̥ ʜ
Click ʘ ǀ ǁ ǃ ǂ ʞ | ˈ ˌ
Punctuation - _ ? / ; . : \ ! » « ( ) Space Enter

Explanation

This typewriter will type both Musa (in the yellow box) and IPA (white) at the same time. You can also edit either box by hand. You can then copy either of them as Unicode or as HTML and paste it wherever you want.

The only trick involves the vowels. To type a vowel, you have to type an accent (in light green) either before or after it. The upper row of accents will end up on top of the vowel, spelling an unstressed vowel or low tone, while the lower row of accents will end up below the vowel, spelling a stressed vowel or high tone. If you don't type an accent, the keyboard will assume you mean a low vowel with no accent. In the IPA, the stress mark and Chau tone symbols will end up beside the vowel, not the syllable.

We included some IPA central vowel letters (in olive) that we don't normally use in Musa, and we're pretending that IPA a is central. We also include all the IPA diacritics (in plum), but without Musa equivalents. We're not using IPA tie bars because they interfere with the line heights, and because they're poorly supported by fonts. The punctuation above is defective, nor are we offering the Musa intonation symbols - the IPA doesn't transcribe intonation.


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