Wikipedia offers several templates for proper display of IPA transcriptions.
In general, instances of the IPA on a page should be enclosed in the {IPA} template, which formats the text in an IPA-compatible font. If a substantial portion of a page is in the IPA, it is customary to post notice of that fact with {IPA notice|lang=en}, though each token still requires the {IPA} template for proper formatting.
However, if there are not enough occurrences to warrant a notice, then consider a template that links to an IPA key for the first instance of the IPA on a page or section:
for English words, in a broad, non-regional transcription, as when giving the pronunciation of a key word in an article, use templates linking to Help:IPA for English, a chart of the subset of the IPA that is relevant to English:
for foreign words that are not assimilated into English, regional pronunciations of English words, and non-standard English dialects, use templates linking to the more general Help:IPA chart, containing all major IPA symbols:
for specific languages, there may be dedicated IPA keys for standardized transcription. There are several options for their display. The first cell includes the ISO code of the language; the second is the transcription; the third keys an introductory phrase; and the fourth is space for a sound file. Using the French word eau[o] as an example, we have the default format:
Another type of language-specific template allows you to enter ordinary letters (or conventional ASCII equivalents) from a given language for automatic conversion to phonetic symbols. Those currently available are {IPAc-cmn} for Mandarin, {IPAc-en} for English, {IPAc-fr} for French, {IPAc-ga} for Irish, {IPAc-hu} for Hungarian and {IPAc-pl} for Polish. For example:
{IPAc-fr|j|@|-|s|U|i|s_|a|m|é|r|i|c|ain} → [[Wikipedia:IPA for French|[[[:ទំព័រគំរូ:C-fr]]ទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-frទំព័រគំរូ:C-fr]]]
{IPAc-ga|'|b|ai|l'|@|-|'|á|th|@|-|'|c'|l'|ia|th} → [[Wikipedia:IPA for Irish|[[[:ទំព័រគំរូ:C-ga]]ទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-gaទំព័រគំរូ:C-ga]]]
{IPAc-hu|'|m|a|gy|á|r} → [[Wikipedia:IPA for Hungarian|[[[:ទំព័រគំរូ:C-hu]]ទំព័រគំរូ:C-huទំព័រគំរូ:C-huទំព័រគំរូ:C-huទំព័រគំរូ:C-huទំព័រគំរូ:C-hu]]]
{IPAc-pl|'|sz|cz|e|ć|i|n} → [ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin]
Note
Various redirects have been created for languages which do not yet have dedicated templates. Although transcriptions which use these redirects will link to {IPA-all} for the time being, the articles will be pre-linked if and when a template is created. The more articles that use one of these redirects, the more likely it is that a dedicated template will be created for them.
Languages and language extensions (IPA-iso) with redirects to IPA-all
{IPA-all} (transcriptions not specific to any language, or which have not yet been reassigned)
{IPA-ace} Acehnese
{IPA-ain} Ainu
{IPA-ak} Akan (Fante, Twi)
{IPA-alg} Algonquian (Micmac, Cree)
{IPA-am} Amharic
{IPA-ang} Old English/Anglo-Saxon
{IPA-arn} Mapuche
{IPA-art} artificial (Esperanto, Tolkien, etc.)
{IPA-ath} Athabaskan (Dene, Navajo)
{IPA-ay} Aymara
{IPA-azc} Uto-Aztecan (Shoshone, Comanche)
{IPA-ba} Bashkir
{IPA-bm} Manding/Bambara
{IPA-bn} Bengali, Assamese
{IPA-bodia} Bodish
{IPA-br} Breton
{IPA-cau} (North) Caucasian
{IPA-cel} Celtic (Brythonic, Gaulish)
{IPA-ch} Chamorro
{IPA-csb} Kashubian
{IPA-cv} Chuvash
{IPA-dedia} German dialects
{IPA-dv} Dhivehi
{IPA-ee} Gbe (Ewe,Fon)
{IPA-endia} English dialects
{IPA-enm} Middle English
{IPA-esdia} Spanish dial (Old Spanish, Asturian)
{IPA-fo} Faroese
{IPA-frdia} French dial (Canadian, Metis, Norman)
{IPA-fy} Frisian
{IPA-gn} Guarani
{IPA-gsw} Alemannic (Swiss, Alsatian)
{IPA-gu} Gujarati
{IPA-ha} Hausa
{IPA-hak} Hakka
{IPA-hmn} Hmong
{IPA-ig} Igbo
{IPA-ira} Iranian (Old Persian, Kurdish, Pamir)
{IPA-iro} Iroquoian (Mohawk, Cherokee)
{IPA-itdia} Italian dial (Corsican, Sicilian, Sardinian [also IPA-srd])
