How to Read the IPA Consonant Chart

If you wanted a standardized system to represent all of the consonants in the world's languages, what would you use? The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), of course! Here's a brief introduction to IPA consonant symbols and the IPA consonant chart.

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Here is the much-promised clickable IPA chart!
ipachart.com/

Here is the official IPA chart from the International Phonetic Association.
internationalphoneticasso...

Wondering how you're ever going to get those weird-looking symbols into a text document? This page has you covered!
linguistlist.org/unicode/ipa....

If you're looking another video on the same topic, this one from The Ling Space is great. Also, he has better jokes. I am once more filled with shame!
youtube.com/watch?v=arMnt...

Finally, here are two good and readable introductory textbooks on articulatory phonetics. (Not affilaite links.)

amazon.com/Vowels-Consona...
amazon.com/Course-Phoneti...