Guide to IPA Pronunciation Symbols

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Guide to IPA Pronunciation Symbols

Vowels


æ   ask, bat, glad
ɑ   cot, bomb, caught, paw
ɛ   bet, fed
ə   about, banana, collide
i   very, any, thirty
i:  eat, bead, bee
ɪ   id, bid, pit
ʊ   foot, should, put
u:  boot, two, coo
ʌ   under, putt, bud
ɚ   merge, bird, further
eɪ  eight, wade, bay
aɪ  ice, bite, tie
aʊ  out, gown, plow
oɪ  oyster, coil, boy
oʊ  oat, own, zone, blow
ɑɚ  car, heart, bizarre
eɚ  bare, fair, wear
iɚ  near, deer, mere, pier
oɚ  boar, port, door, shore
uɚ  boor, tour, insure
ɒ   British cot, bomb
ɔ   British caught, paw, port
ə:  British merge, bird
əʊ  British oat, own, zone, blow
ɪə  British near, deer
ɛə  British bare, fair
ʊə  British boor, tour Consonants

Consonants


b   baby, labor, cab
d   day, kid
ʤ   just, badger, fudge
ð   then, either, bathe
f   foe, tough, buff
g   go, dagger, bag
h   hot, ahead
j   yes, vineyard
k   lacquer, flock, skin
kʰ  cat, keep, account
l   law, hollow
l̩  pedal, battle, final
ɫ   pool, boil
m   mat, hemp, hammer, rim
n   new, tent, tenor, run
n̩  button, satin, kitten
ŋ   rung, hang, swinger
p   lapse, top, lip, speed
pʰ  pay, pet, appear
r   rope, arrive
s   sad, mist, kiss
ʃ   shoe, mission, slush
t   mat, stick, late
tʰ  toe, attack
ɾ   later, catty, riddle
tʃ  batch, nature
tʃʰ choose, chin, achieve
θ   thin, ether, bath
v   vat, never, cave
w   wet, software
z   zoo, easy, buzz
ʒ   vision, azure, beige
ʔ   button, kitten, satin (glottal stop)

Other Symbols


   high stress: penmanship
   low stress: penmanship
£   indicates British pronunciation variant

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