diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 629e5d5..8a94692 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import interlinears         from './plugins/interlinears.js'
 import markedText           from 'markdown-it-mark'
 import ordinals             from './plugins/ordinals.js'
 import orthographic         from './plugins/orthographic.js'
+import phonetic             from './plugins/phonetic.js'
 import subscript            from 'markdown-it-sub'
 import superscript          from 'markdown-it-sup'
 import tableCaptions        from 'markdown-it-table-captions'
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ export default class Parser {
       .use(mathjax, createMathjaxInstance())
       .use(ordinals)
       .use(orthographic)
+      .use(phonetic)
       .use(subscript)
       .use(superscript)
       .use(tableCaptions)
diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index 771774b..633dfd1 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ I love you
     expect(html).to.equal(`<p>British English spells many words with a <span class="ortho">⟨u⟩</span>.</p>\n`)
   })
 
+  it(`phonetic transcriptions`, function() {
+    const md   = `The word [[ˈhɛ.loʊ]] is a greeting.`
+    const html = parser.parse(md)
+    expect(html).to.equal(`<p>The word <span class="fon">[ˈhɛ.loʊ]</span> is a greeting.</p>\n`)
+  })
+
   it(`“smart quotes”`, function() {
     const md   = `"'Hello world!', he said."`
     const html = parser.parse(md)
diff --git a/plugins/phonetic.js b/plugins/phonetic.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8977201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/phonetic.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import iterator from 'markdown-it-for-inline'
+
+const phoneticRegExp = /\[\[(?<txn>.+?)\]\]/gv
+
+export default function phonetic(md) {
+  md.use(iterator, `phonetic`, `text`, (tokens, i) => {
+
+    const token = tokens[i]
+    const text  = token.content
+
+    if (text.match(phoneticRegExp)) {
+      token.content = text.replaceAll(phoneticRegExp, `<span class="fon">[$<txn>]</span>`)
+      token.type    = `html_inline`
+    }
+
+  })
+}