Muchi1886, boka revadzidzisi vemitauro yechiFrench neBritish, vachitungamirwa nenyanzvi yemitauro yechiFrench Paul Passy, vakaumba zvaizozivikanwa kubva muna 1897 zvichienda mberi seInternational Phonetic Association (muchiFrench, l'Association phonétique internationale). Alfabheti yavo yekutanga yaive yakavakirwa pane shanduko yekunyora yeChirungu inozivikanwa seRomic alphabet, asi kuitira kuti ishandiswe kune mimwe mitauro, kukosha kwezviratidzo kwakabvumidzwa kusiyana kubva mumutauro kuenda kumutauro. Semuenzaniso, ruzha [ʃ] (sh in shoe) rwaive rwunomiririrwa netsamba <unk>c<unk> muChirungu, asi nedigraph <unk>ch<unk> muchiFrench. Zvisinei, muna 1888, alfabheti yakagadziridzwa kuitira kuti ive nemitauro yese, nekudaro ichipa mukana kune vese venguva yemberi. Pfungwa yekugadzirisa IPA yakatanga kukurudzirwa naOtto Paul Jespersen muna 1897 kuenda kuInternational Phonetic Association (muchiFrench).
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