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Outlined here are the general guidelines for IPA usage. Conventions for specific languages will be outlined in the sections following the general usage.

See the [[Template:IPA | IPA template]] for formatting text with IPA characters.

* Place phonemic transcriptions in between two slashes, e.g. {{IPA|/kæt/}}.
* Place phonetic transcriptions in between two square brackets, e.g. {{IPA|[kʰæt]}}.
* Place graphemic transcriptions in between two angular brackets: e.g. ⟨cat⟩.
* Phonemic or phonetic transcriptions with multiple syllables can show syllable breaks and stress:
** use a period ⟨.⟩ for general syllable breaks, e.g. ⟨river⟩ {{IPA|/ɹɪ.vəɹ/}}.
** use a primary stress mark ⟨ˈ⟩ to indicate where the primary stress occurs, e.g. ⟨forever⟩ {{IPA|/fəˈɹɛ.vəɹ/}}.
** use a secondary stress mark ⟨ˌ⟩ where a word has a secondary stress, e.g. ⟨organisation⟩ {{IPA|/ɔːɹ.ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/}}.
* Syllable breaks and stress marks can be ignored unless in the following circumstances:
** syllable breaks ⟨.⟩ must be used to show breaks that occur outside of the normal conventions of a given language, e.g. hiatus where one would normally expect a diphthong.
** primary stress ⟨ˈ⟩ must be used to indicate stress that occurs anywhere other than word-initial position.

See the [[https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.php | Leipzig Glossing Rules]] for more information about syllable conventions. A common syllable convention to consider is the Maximum Onset Principle.

= Celticist =

Languages that utilise Celticist for phonemic transcriptions

== Modern Irish ==

Specific usage for Modern Irish

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