Jackson6612  +  579695 Fri, 24 Oct 08 10:37 AM Can International Phonetic Alphabet be used to represent the sounds of languages other than English such as French, Urdu, and Hindi? I have always seen table of IPA drawn with respect to English alphabet. Jackson6612 Joined on Wed, Dec 27 2006 Senior Member 3,688 It’s a difficult question for any man to answer… Whether to follow his dreams no matter what… Or to give in slowly and let life lead you where it will. Phonetics

	AlpheccaStars  +  579809 Fri, 24 Oct 08 05:39 PM Hi Jackson: Take a look at the wiki for IPA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet History of the IPA: In 1886, a group of French and British language teachers, led by the French linguist Paul Passy, formed what would come to be known (from 1897 onwards) as the International Phonetic Association (in French, l’Association phonétique internationale). The original alphabet was based on a spelling reform for English known as the Romic alphabet, but in order to make it usable for other languages, the values of the symbols were allowed to vary from language to language.For example, the sound (sh in shoe) was originally represented with the letter <c> in English, but with the letter <x> in French.However, in 1888, the alphabet was revised so as to be uniform across languages, thus providing the base for all future revisions. AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) Phonetics, Spelling

	Jackson6612  +  580371 Sun, 26 Oct 08 09:44 AM Thanks, Alphecca. Jackson6612