IPA stands for International Phonetic Alphabet. It is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, created to represent all the sounds of spoken language in a standardized way.
Each symbol in the IPA represents a specific sound in spoken language and allows linguists, speech-language pathologists, and others to transcribe the sounds of languages accurately and consistently.
The use of IPA is essential in fields such as phonetics, phonology, speech therapy, and language teaching.