diff --git a/phsource/phonemes b/phsource/phonemes
index a23d2b3a..9df275cd 100644
--- a/phsource/phonemes
+++ b/phsource/phonemes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 // This is the master phoneme file.
 
+phonemetable ipa _
+include ph_ipa
+
 phonemetable base1 _
 
 // The base phoneme table contains the utility phonemes, the consonants,
@@ -1666,9 +1669,6 @@ endphoneme
 // ADDITIONAL PHONEME TABLES
 //*******************************************************************
 
-phonemetable ipa _
-include ph_ipa
-
 phonemetable jp base1
 include ph_japanese