Phonetic
International Phonetic Alphabet
English phonetic
Letter- 26. Sounds 44
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20 Vowels 24 Consonant
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12 Monophthong/Pure 8 Diphthongs/Glide
(A single vowel sound) (A mixed vowels sound)
Sounds
Consonants 24
15 voiced + 9 voiceless
Vowels 20
Voiced 12 pure + 8 diphthongs
Voiced consonants in English:
/b/ as in ball
/d/ as in dog
/ʤ/ as in joke
/g/ as in good
/v/ as in van
/ð/ as in that
/z/ as in zoo
/ʒ/ as in vision
/m/ as in mouth
/n/ as in no
/ŋ/ as in thing
/l/ as in love
/r/ as in right
/w/ as in why
/j/ as in you
Unvoiced consonants in English:
/p/ as in pea
/t/ as in tea
/ʧ/ as in cheap
/k/ as in coffee
/f/ as in fat
/θ/ as in thin
/s/ as in see
/ʃ/ as in she
/h/ as in he
[xː] long vowel
When the symbol ”ː” follows a vowel symbol, it means that the vowel is pronounced longer.
[æ] cat, bad, sad, sand, land, hand
[ɑː] bra, calm, palm, father, start, dark
[ɒ] god, pot, top, spot (British English only)
[ɛ] get, bed, set, sell, fell, men
[ɪ] pit, bin, fill, will, village, bullet
[i] or [iː] he, she, see, keep, family, hyperbole
[ɔː] saw, straw, dawn, fall, call, wall
[ʊ] put, full, good, wood, could, would
[uː] you, who, chew, shoe, cool, tool
[ə] a, syllable, moment, terrible, felony, papyrus
[ɚ] mister, standard, editor (Am. English only)
[ɜː], [ɝː] curve, purge, herd, serve, bird, stir
Short vowels
ă, pronounced /æ/ as in apple, pan, or mat,
ĕ, pronounced /ɛ/ as in elephant, pen, or met,
ĭ, pronounced /ɪ/ as in insect, pin, or mitt,
ŏ, pronounced /ɒ/ as in octopus, ostrich, upon, or motto,
and ŭ, pronounced /ʌ/ as in umbrella, pun, or mutt.
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