The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of Phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet.
Bɪˈkɒz ðɪs ɪz ə ˈnɒvəl, ənd ment tə biː red, ɪt wɒz dɪˈsaɪdɪd tə rɪˈteɪn sʌm ˌɔːθəˈɡr fɪk ˈfiːtʃəz w. Ɡrɑːntɪd ð t məʊst ˈlɪŋɡwɪsts əˈɡriː ð t nɒt mʌtʃ mɔː ð n 4% əv ðə ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən əv ˈBrɪtən spiːk ɪt təˈdeɪ, ˈⱭː ˈPiː wɒz ˌnevəðəˈles trəˈdɪʃnəlɪ beɪst ɒn ˈedjuːkeɪtɪd spiːtʃ ɪn ˈsʌðən ˈꞮŋɡlənd; ɪt ɪz stɪl ˈwaɪdli tɔːt ənd ˈdɪkʃənrɪz fə ˈneɪtɪv ˈspiːkəz ənd ˈlɜːnəz əv ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ stɪl meɪk juːs əv ɪt ɪn ðeə tr nsˈkrɪpʃənz. Ðə tr ns-ˈkrɪpʃən rɪˈflekts ðə ˈst ndəd ˈriːdʒənli ˈnjuːtrəl fɔːm əv ˈspəʊkən ˈBrɪtɪʃ ˈꞮŋɡlɪʃ nəʊn z Rɪˈsiːvd Prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən. Ðɪs ɪˈdɪʃən əv ˈ lɪsɪz Ədˈventʃəz ɪn ˈWʌndəˌl nd prɪˈzents ðə tekst ɪn ən ˌꞮntəˈn ʃənl Fəʊˈnetɪk ˈ lfəbɪt tr nsˈkrɪpʃən. Ðə ˈAɪ ˈPiː ˈEɪ ɪz juːzd baɪ ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfəz, ˈfɒrɪn ˈl ŋɡwɪdʒ ˈstjuːdənts, ənd ˈtiːtʃəz, ˈlɪŋɡwɪsts, spiːtʃ ǝn ˈl ŋɡwɪdʒ pəˈθɒlədʒɪsts, ˈsɪŋəz, ˈ ktəz, kənˈstrʌktɪd ˈl ŋɡwɪdʒ kriːˈeɪtəz, ənd tr nsˈleɪtəz. Ɪt wɒz dɪˈvaɪzd baɪ ðiː ˌꞮntəˈn ʃənl Fəʊˈnetɪk Əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən z ə ˈst ndədaɪzd ˌreprɪzenˈteɪʃən ɒv ðə saʊndz ɒv ˈspəʊkən ˈl ŋɡwɪdʒ. ---- Ðiː ˌꞮntəˈn ʃənl Fəʊˈnetɪk ˈ lfəbɪt ɪz ə ˈsɪstɪm ɒv fəʊˈnetɪk nəʊˈteɪʃən beɪst ˈpraɪmərɪlɪ ɒn ðə ˈL tɪn ˈ lfəbɪt.
Carroll\'s punctuation has been retained with the exception of the apostrophe marking the genitive (because Duchess\'s voice just looked wrong as ˈDʌtʃɪs\'ɪz vɔɪs).
Because this is a novel, and meant to be read, it was decided to retain some orthographic features which are not normally kept in Phonetic transcription: punctuation, italicization, and capitaliza-tion.
Granted that most linguists agree that not much more than 4% of the population of Britain speak it today, RP was nevertheless traditionally based on educated speech in southern England; it is still widely taught and dictionaries for native speakers and learners of English still make use of it in their transcriptions.
The transcription reflects the standard, regionally-neutral form of spoken British English known as Received Pronunciation.
This edition of Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland is written entirely in that same alphabet, with fonts specially designed by Michael Everson.
The IPA is used by lexicographers, foreign language students and teachers, linguists, speech-language pathologists, singers, actors, constructed language creators, and translators.
It was devised by the International Phonetic Association as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of Phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet
