International Phonetic Association
London-based organisation promoting the study of phonetics
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| 2020 | A new set of IPA charts was released with minor layout adjustments and Creative Commons icons replacing the copyright sign. |
| 2018 | Latest documented update to the IPA, further refining symbol representations and maintaining the system's relevance in linguistic studies. |
| 2018 | A modified IPA chart was released in additional fonts, including TeX TIPA Roman developed by Rei Fukui, which was selected by the Alphabet, Charts and Fonts committee as best representing the IPA symbol set. |
| 2017 | The Association's Alphabet, Charts and Fonts committee was established. |
| 2016 | Three versions of a revised IPA chart dated 2015 were released online, featuring different typefaces: IPA Kiel/LS Uni, Doulos SIL, and DejaVu Sans. Some symbol shapes were slightly modified, including replacing a symbol with a version having a continuous, slanted stroke. |
| 2015 | Continuation of the IPA's development, with updates to modifiers and suprasegmental notation, reflecting ongoing linguistic research. |
| 2015 | A major revision of the extensions for disordered speech was implemented, further refining the phonetic notation system. |
| 2012 | The IPA chart and its subparts were released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The Council declined the 2011 proposal for adding a new vowel symbol. |
| 2011 | A proposal was made to add a symbol representing the open central unrounded vowel. |
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