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Hey man i just wanted to say that just because people do not view information doesn't mean that information doesn't deserve to be viewed. Please do not keep information on Wikipedia from being known, as you never know how many people coulde benefit from it. (basically, removing languages from the Help:IPA template is very stupid)((this isnt an insult by the way just wondering why you would do that))(((ok bye))) K1RB1L1TY (talk) 16:15, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The entire purpose of the IPA keys under Help:IPA/... is to lay out and explain what symbols are used to represent what sounds in each language in transcriptions used in articles linking to those keys. Adding a help page that is not yet linked from articles to {{IPA keys}} is pointless and misleading. If you propose that a new key be used, request an edit to Module:IPA/data. As for Altai and Mandinka, however, there are too few transcriptions (zero and one) to justify creating a key. Nardog (talk) 06:31, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

my honest reaction is bruh K1RB1L1TY (talk) 10:45, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

can you help me to add them then? K1RB1L1TY (talk) 10:48, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hey man i just wanted to apologise for starting so much beef 😅. I figured out how to do this now. Thx for the help, without your message i would be absolutely dumbfounded K1RB1L1TY (talk) 11:02, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Helloo, I leave this message as there's one question about Xavi (footballer, born 1980)'s current Spanish IPA. I once remember that the Spanish IPA of his name was written in [ˈtʃaβj eɾˈnandeθ], but found out that the IPA writing is currently [ˈʃaβj eɾˈnandeθ] inside the article. Can you help me find out whether this IPA change is correct or not? As he puts accent in 'X', [ˈtʃaβj] seems to be better writing than [ˈʃaβj] for me. --YellowTurtle9 (talk) 17:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It was changed from [ˈ(t)ʃaβj] to [ˈʃaβj] on the grounds that "<ʃ> already stands for "either [ʃ] or [tʃ]" in Help:IPA/Spanish" by Sol505000 in this edit. I'm not sure if I concur with the change, since the source does sound affricated even though (IIUC) he's speaking Catalan. Catalan phonology does indicate there's some variation between [tʃ] and [ʃ], so if this is just his accent's realization of [ʃ], it might be sensible to keep [ʃ]. If his accent has word-initial [ʃ] but not in his name, then it's more sensible to transcribe it with [tʃ]. Either way it seems to me it should be using the Catalan key rather than Spanish. Nardog (talk) 17:37, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see... Writing both IPAs(Spanish and Catalan) will be fine for the reply but maybe more sources are needed for that...;; Thanks for the reply. Have a nice day! --YellowTurtle9 (talk) 17:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine with the change to an affricate. Sol505000 (talk) 11:32, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Using {IPA} instead of table class is fine, but you're not using {IPA} [in most cases it's already there, but not all.] — kwami (talk) 07:50, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It should be next to æ on the vowel chatt Isally2 (talk) 20:30, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why? Nardog (talk) 23:39, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/9aIXjX-BqxY Isally2 (talk) 01:37, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Take it to the International Phonetic Association. Wikipedia just reports what's out there. You're barking up the wrong tree. Nardog (talk) 01:44, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

K thx Isally2 (talk) 13:00, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, can you please either collaborate with me to edit the IPA for Swedish pahe in a correct way or consider undoing some of your changes? I admit I'm not an expert when it comes to editing Wikipedia, but I'm indeed specialised in phonetics & phonology and did publish a scientific (peer-reviewed) paper about the phonology of Finland Swedish. Eatkgoz (talk) 12:18, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, you're welcome to improve Swedish phonology and/or propose your changes to the key on its talk page. But do you not have more accessible sources than Sciutto (2024)? I can hardly find evidence of the book's existence other than on the publisher's website, which says it's "Non disponibile", not even on WorldCat. Are there not sources in English, Swedish, or Finnish? Nardog (talk) 10:49, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nardog, what's the solution to the hundreds of links to Mid-Atlantic? I see now that I wasn't pressing the "next 500" link at the bottom of this page, but still, aren't hundreds of these due to templates embedded on the dab page individual pages? Do we just leave the "incoming links" tag permanently? Wolfdog (talk) 14:00, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Special:Search/linksto:"Mid-Atlantic accent" insource:"Mid-Atlantic accent"
• Special:Search/linksto:"Mid-Atlantic English" insource:"Mid-Atlantic English"
• Special:Search/linksto:"Transatlantic accent" insource:"Transatlantic accent"

Nardog (talk) 14:02, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll check these out soon, thanks. Wolfdog (talk) 16:11, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Several of these links are using the meaning of Mid-Atlantic accent as just "generic term for some accent of mixed Anglo-American sound". Is it better to keep those piped to the dab page or just remove the piping altogether? Wolfdog (talk) 16:44, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say remove it. In the rare case where linking to the dab page is appropriate (which your example isn't, because it's just one of the senses listed), you could link to Mid-Atlantic accent (disambiguation) to signal to DPL bot and others the target is deliberate (see WP:INTDAB). Nardog (talk) 17:14, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the changes to all I could. Thanks for the links. Wolfdog (talk) 15:43, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WHY DID YOU IGNORE ME Isally2 (talk) 22:26, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nardog,

What do we do for something like Sichuanese transcriptions in the IPA template? I don't see anything for it at IETF. Just use [cmn] with 'general' set to 'yes'? — kwami (talk) 20:06, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you could use cmn-CN-SC or cmn-CN-CQ (in which case you don't have to set |generic=). Nardog (talk) 20:09, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.

Do you know if there's been any discussion on how to handle dialectical pronunciations in general? We used to have a few dedicated templates. — kwami (talk) 21:16, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you give an example or be more specific? Nardog (talk) 08:37, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are several articles that give the Sichuanese pronunciation of something. The last IPA-xx transclusion I edited where the local pronunciation was not supported by the language's IPA key was at Nederkalix dialect, which has an [ɽ] that's not included for standard Swedish. The same at Kalix. — kwami (talk) 08:43, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That used {{IPA-all}}, not a dedicated template. You can use |generic=yes. Nardog (talk) 08:45, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Others had dedicated templates. There were at least {{IPA-endia}}, {{IPA-esdia}}, {{IPA-frdia}}, {{IPA-dedia}}, {{IPA-itdia}}, {{IPA-ptdia}}, all of which were deleted on Jan 09, presumably folding them into the standard-language. — kwami (talk) 08:55, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

|generic=yes supersedes them. Nardog (talk) 09:02, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know if we had any special provision for dialects that were commonly transcribed on WP or were borderline languages like Sichuanese — kwami (talk) 09:04, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "special provision"? Those "dia" templates linked to Help:IPA and were just aliases for (i.e. redirects to) {{IPA-all}} at least by the time they were replaced and deleted. Nardog (talk) 09:08, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We might want to distinctly categorize non-standard pronunciations so that they can be more readily reviewed, as those templates did. There are often more problems with reliability, and someone who's only familiar with the standard language might not notice errors. I also vaguely remember the IPA for some dialects being directed to our article on that dialect, rather than to the generic IPA key. — kwami (talk) 09:12, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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