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para-IPA

para-IPA adjective: symbols commonly used in phonetic transcription alongside the International Phonetic Alphabet, but which are not officially included by the International Phonetic Association.

Adjective

para-IPA (not comparable)

  1. Symbols commonly used in phonetic transcription alongside the International Phonetic Alphabet, but which are not officially included by the International Phonetic Association.
    • Those two proposals included a few retired and para-IPA letters, but consideration of historical and para-IPA modifiers was largely deferred until the IPA could more fully discuss the desired scope of such encoding through the newly established Alphabet, Charts and Fonts Committee. […] By...2024 June 6, Kirk Miller, “L2/24-171: Miscellaneous historical and para-IPA modifier letters”, in UTC Document Registry, page 1

Questions about para-IPA

What does para-IPA mean?
Para-IPA means symbols commonly used in phonetic transcription alongside the International Phonetic Alphabet, but which are not officially included by the International Phonetic Association.
What part of speech is para-IPA?
Para-IPA is an adjective.

Words near para-IPA in the dictionary

  1. para-fascists
  2. para-frag
  3. para-frags
  4. para-hockey
  5. para-hypotaxis
  6. para-IPA
  7. para-judo
  8. para-methoxymethcathinone
  9. para-nitrotoluene
  10. para-nordic
  11. para-nordic skiing

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