International Phonetic Alphabet
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The International Phonetic Alphabet is a standardized system of phonetic notation that represents the sounds of spoken languages with a set of universally recognized symbols.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| International Phonetic Alphabet canonical | 17 |
| International Phonetic Alphabet in transcription conventions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2562646 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Phonetic Alphabet Context triple: [Mandarin phonology, isDescribedIn, International Phonetic Alphabet]
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A.
Visible Speech alphabet
The Visible Speech alphabet is a 19th-century phonetic writing system that represents the physical positions and movements of the speech organs to visually depict spoken sounds.
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B.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
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C.
Hawaiian alphabet
The Hawaiian alphabet is a Latin-based writing system that uses a small set of letters and the ʻokina to represent the sounds of the Hawaiian language.
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D.
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Pe̍h-ōe-jī is a Latin-based orthography developed by Western missionaries for writing Southern Min (Hokkien) and related Chinese dialects.
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E.
Romanized Popular Alphabet
The Romanized Popular Alphabet is a Latin-based writing system developed in the 20th century for transcribing the Hmong language, widely used in Hmong communities and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Phonetic Alphabet Target entity description: The International Phonetic Alphabet is a standardized system of phonetic notation that represents the sounds of spoken languages with a set of universally recognized symbols.
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A.
Visible Speech alphabet
The Visible Speech alphabet is a 19th-century phonetic writing system that represents the physical positions and movements of the speech organs to visually depict spoken sounds.
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B.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
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C.
Hawaiian alphabet
The Hawaiian alphabet is a Latin-based writing system that uses a small set of letters and the ʻokina to represent the sounds of the Hawaiian language.
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D.
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Pe̍h-ōe-jī is a Latin-based orthography developed by Western missionaries for writing Southern Min (Hokkien) and related Chinese dialects.
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E.
Romanized Popular Alphabet
The Romanized Popular Alphabet is a Latin-based writing system developed in the 20th century for transcribing the Hmong language, widely used in Hmong communities and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic notation system
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phonetic alphabet ⓘ standard ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IPA ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | IPA ⓘ |
| appliesTo | all spoken languages ⓘ |
| basedOn | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| describes |
consonant sounds
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intonation ⓘ length ⓘ stress ⓘ suprasegmental features ⓘ tone ⓘ vowel sounds ⓘ |
| developedBy | International Phonetic Association ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
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phonetics ⓘ |
| firstPublishedBy | International Phonetic Association ⓘ |
| governingBody | International Phonetic Association ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
diacritics list
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non-pulmonic consonant chart ⓘ pulmonic consonant chart ⓘ suprasegmentals section ⓘ vowel chart ⓘ |
| hasVersion | official IPA chart ⓘ |
| property |
language-independent notation
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one symbol corresponds to one speech sound ⓘ unambiguous representation of sounds ⓘ |
| purpose |
to provide a standardized phonetic notation
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to represent the sounds of spoken language ⓘ to transcribe speech sounds of all human languages ⓘ |
| updatedBy | International Phonetic Association ⓘ |
| usedBy |
actors
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language teachers ⓘ lexicographers ⓘ linguists ⓘ phoneticians ⓘ singers ⓘ speech therapists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dictionary pronunciation guides
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language teaching ⓘ linguistic fieldwork ⓘ phonetic transcription ⓘ speech technology ⓘ speech therapy ⓘ |
| uses |
Greek letters
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Latin letters ⓘ additional invented symbols ⓘ diacritics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: International Phonetic Alphabet Description of subject: The International Phonetic Alphabet is a standardized system of phonetic notation that represents the sounds of spoken languages with a set of universally recognized symbols.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Americanist phonetic notation
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differsFrom
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International Phonetic Alphabet in transcription conventions
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linked to: International Phonetic Alphabet