International Ponetic Alphabet

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IPA | Examples |

b | buy, cab |

d | dye, cad, do |

ð | thy, breathe, father |

dʒ | giant, badge, jam |

f | phi, caff, fan |

ɡ (ɡ)[1] | guy, bag |

h | high, ahead |

j[2] | yes, yacht |

k | sky, crack |

l | lie, sly, gal |

m | my, smile, cam |

n | nigh, snide, can |

ŋ | sang, sink, singer |

ŋɡ | finger, anger |

θ | thigh, math |

p | pie, spy, cap |

r | rye, try, very[3] |

s | sigh, mass |

ʃ | shy, cash, emotion |

t | tie, sty, cat, atom |

tʃ | China, catch |

v | vie, have |

w | wye, swine |

hw | why[4] |

z | zoo, has |

ʒ | equation, pleasure, vision, beige[5] |

Marginal consonants |

x | ugh, loch, Chanukah[6] |

ʔ | uh-oh /ˈʔʌʔoʊ/ |

Vowels |

IPA | Full vowels | ... followed by R[7][8] |

ɑː | PALM, father, bra | ɑr | START, bard, barn, snarl, star (also /ɑːr./) |

ɒ | LOT, pod, John[9] | ɒr | moral, forage |

æ | TRAP, pad, shall, ban [10] | ær | barrow, marry[11] |

aɪ | PRICE, ride, file, fine, pie[12] | aɪər | Ireland, sapphire (/aɪr./)[8] |

aʊ | MOUTH, loud, foul, down, how | aʊər | hour (/aʊr./)[8] |

ɛ | DRESS, bed, fell, men[13] | ɛr | error, merry[13] |

eɪ | FACE, made, fail, vein, pay | ɛər | SQUARE, scared, scarce, cairn, Mary (/eɪr./)[14][8] |

ɪ | KIT, lid, fill, bin | ɪr | mirror, Sirius |

iː | FLEECE, seed, feel, mean, sea | ɪər | NEAR, beard, fierce, serious (/iːr./)[15] |

ɔː | THOUGHT, Maud, dawn, fall, straw[16] | ɔr | NORTH, born, war, Laura (/ɔːr./) |

ɔɪ | CHOICE, void, foil, coin, boy | ɔɪər | loir, coir (/ɔɪr./)[8] |

oʊ | GOAT, code, foal, bone, go[17] | ɔər | FORCE, boar, more, oral (/oʊr./)[18] |

ʊ | FOOT, good, full, woman | ʊr | courier |

uː | GOOSE, food, fool, soon, chew, do | ʊər | boor, moor, tourist (/uːr./)[19] |

juː | cued, cute, mule, tune, queue, you[20] | jʊər | cure |

ʌ | STRUT, mud, dull, gun[21] | ʌr | borough, hurry |

| | ɜr | NURSE, word, girl, fern, furry (/ɝː/)[22] |

Reduced vowels |

ə | Rosa’s, a mission, comma | ər |...