Template:audio-IPA/documentation

Purpose

This template links to an audio file for quick listening. It is meant to be used inline with text, for pronunciations and the like.

Usage

{{audio-IPA|language code|name of sound file|IPA notation|dial=dialect}}

Example:

Swedish: åka {{audio-IPA|sv|sv-åka.ogg|[ˈoːka]|dial=Götamål}}, 'travel', 'go'

gives this:

Swedish: åka IPA: sv, [ˈoːka] , 'travel', 'go'

Parameters

|1= (required)

Language code; see Wiktionary:List of languages. Creates a link to the correct IPA guide and adds hidden language categories to the defined word.

|2= (required)

Name of sound file.

|3= (required)

IPA notation of term.

|dial= (optional)

Optional parameter that is mostly unused at the moment. Adds a hidden category indicating the dialect present in the audio pronunciation.

See also

• {{audio}}, a variant without IPA notation.
• {{IPA}}, a variant without audio.