to
hear the pronunciation. IPA
Symbols
(International
Phonetic Alphabet)
Click on the link
to the right of each sound
to
hear the pronunciation.
VOWELS
| Front | Central | Back |
| /i/
see |
(stressed)
/ɝ/
bird |
/u/
rule |
| /ɪ/
sit |
(unstressed)
/ɚ/
weather |
/ʊ/
book |
/ /
say |
(stressed)
/ʌ/
bus |
/ /
show |
|
/ɛ/ |
(unstressed,
/ə/
schwa) |
/ɔ/ |
| /æ/
sat |
/ɑ/
want,
possible |
| Diphthongs | R-Vowel Diphthongs |
/ /
now |
/ /
car |
/ /
time |
/ /
more |
/ /
boy |
/ /
care |
| /ju/
music |
/ /
fear |
/ /
poor |
CONSONANTS
| Unvoiced | Voiced | Voiced | Voiced |
| Stop-Plosives | Nasals | Syllabic |
|
| /p/
pet |
/b/
bus |
/m/
miss, some |
|
/t/ |
/d/ |
/n/ |
/ |
| /k/
cup |
/g/
go |
/ŋ/
sing |
|
| Fricatives | Semi-Vowel | ||
| /f/
few |
/v/
value |
(light) /l/
laugh |
|
|
/θ/ |
/ð/
|
(dark) /ɫ/ |
/ |
| /h/
happen |
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| Sibilants | Glides | Unvoiced/Voiced |
|
| /s/
see |
/z/
zoo |
/w/ wet |
/hw/ whisper |
| /ʃ/ shoe |
/ʒ/
vision,
massage |
/j/
yet |
/hj/ huge |
| /ʧ/ church |
/ʤ/ judge |
/r/
run |
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A single speech sound - either a vowel or a consonant - is indicated by an IPA symbol between two slashes - /p/. A word is shown phonetically in brackets - [pɛn]
A primary stress is
indicated by an accent mark occurring slightly above and before the syllable
that is to be stressed: [`fou kəs]
.
A
secondary stress is shown by an accent mark occurring slightly below and
before a syllable receiving a weak stress:
| [,ri ɪn ,tɝ prə `tei ʃən] |
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| A stop-plosive consonant that is stopped-but-not-exploded is indicated by the symbol / ̚/ just above and to the right of the IPA symbol /t ̚/: | ||
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