Here I present: Peter Ladefoged & Sandra Ferrari-Disner, “Vowels and Consonants, 2012.
Here is a numerical list of International Phonetic Alphabet’ (IPA) symbols with their official IPA numbers — starting from 101 (where p is 101 and b is 102) and proceeding through the primary set of consonants. IPA numbers are a legacy standardized indexing of IPA glyphs assigned after the Kiel Convention; they are often used for reference and charting.
🧾 IPA Symbols by Number.
101
p
voiceless bilabial plosive
102
b
voiced bilabial plosive
103
t
voiceless alveolar plosive
104
d
voiced alveolar plosive
105
ʈ
voiceless retroflex plosive
106
ɖ
voiced retroflex plosive
107
c
voiceless palatal plosive
108
ɟ
voiced palatal plosive
109
k
voiceless velar plosive
110
ɡ
voiced velar plosive
111
q
voiceless uvular plosive
112
ɢ
voiced uvular plosive
113
ʔ
glottal plosive
114
m
voiced bilabial nasal
115
ɱ
voiced labiodental nasal
116
n
voiced alveolar nasal
117
ɳ
voiced retroflex nasal
118
ɲ
voiced palatal nasal
119
ŋ
voiced velar nasal
120
ɴ
voiced uvular nasal
121
ʙ
bilabial trill
122
r
alveolar trill
123
ʀ
uvular trill
124
ɾ
alveolar tap/flap
125
ɽ
retroflex tap/flap
126
ɸ
voiceless bilabial fricative
127
β
voiced bilabial fricative
128
f
voiceless labiodental fricative
129
v
voiced labiodental fricative
130
θ
voiceless dental fricative
131
ð
voiced dental fricative
132
s
voiceless alveolar fricative
133
z
voiced alveolar fricative
134
ʃ
voiceless postalveolar fricative
135
ʒ
voiced postalveolar fricative
136
ʂ
voiceless retroflex fricative
137
ʐ
voiced retroflex fricative
138
ç
voiceless palatal fricative
139
ʝ
voiced palatal fricative
140
x
voiceless velar fricative
141
ɣ
voiced velar fricative
142
χ
voiceless uvular fricative
143
ʁ
voiced uvular fricative
144
ħ
voiceless pharyngeal fricative
145
ʕ
voiced pharyngeal fricative
146
h
voiceless glottal fricative
147
ɦ
voiced glottal fricative
150
ʋ
labiodental approximant
151
ɹ
alveolar approximant
152
j
palatal approximant
153
ɰ
velar approximant
155
l
alveolar lateral approximant
156
ɭ
retroflex lateral approximant
157
ʎ
palatal lateral approximant
158
ʟ
velar lateral approximant
Continuing the IPA glyphs by official IPA number, now focusing on non-pulmonic consonants and then vowels. I’ll keep the canonical IPA-number ordering used by the IPA/Englebretson conventions.
🔹 Non-pulmonic consonants (IPA numbers ~160–176)
Click Consonants
160
ʘ
bilabial click
161
ǀ
dental click
162
ǃ
(post)alveolar click
163
ǂ
palatoalveolar click
164
ǁ
lateral click
Implosives Consonants
165
ɓ
voiced bilabial implosive
166
ɗ
voiced alveolar implosive
167
ʄ
voiced palatal implosive
168
ɠ
voiced velar implosive
169
ʛ
voiced uvular implosive
Ejective Consonants
170
pʼ
bilabial ejective
171
tʼ
alveolar ejective
172
kʼ
velar ejective
173
sʼ
alveolar fricative ejective
174
qʼ
uvular ejective
175
t͡ʃʼ
postalveolar affricate ejective
176
k͡xʼ
velar affricate ejective
🔹 Vowels (IPA numbers ~301–328)
Close (high) vowels
301
i
close front unrounded
302
y
close front rounded
303
ɨ
close central unrounded
304
ʉ
close central rounded
305
ɯ
close back unrounded
306
u
close back rounded
Near-close vowels
307
ɪ
near-close near-front unrounded
308
ʏ
near-close near-front rounded
309
ʊ
near-close near-back rounded
Close-mid vowels
310
e
close-mid front unrounded
311
ø
close-mid front rounded
312
ɘ
close-mid central unrounded
313
ɵ
close-mid central rounded
314
ɤ
close-mid back unrounded
315
o
close-mid back rounded
Mid vowels
ə
mid central (schwa)
Open-mid vowels
317
ɛ
open-mid front unrounded
318
œ
open-mid front rounded
319
ɜ
open-mid central unrounded
320
ɞ
open-mid central rounded
321
ʌ
open-mid back unrounded
322
ɔ
open-mid back rounded
Near-open vowels
323
æ
near-open front unrounded
324
ɐ
near-open central
Open (low) vowels
325
a
open front unrounded
326
ɶ
open front rounded
327
ɑ
open back unrounded
328
ɒ
open back rounded
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