IPA symbols

/p/

voiceless bilabial stop

/b/

voiced bilabial stop

/t/

voiceless alveolar stop

/d/

voiced alveolar stop

/k/

voiceless velar stop

/g/

voiced velar stop

/ʔ/

voiceless glottal stop

/f/

voiceless labiodental fricative

/v/

voiced labiodental fricative

/θ/

voiceless interdental fricative

/ð/

voiced interdental fricative

/s/

voiceless alveolar fricative

/z/

voiced alveolar fricative

/ʃ/

voiceless postalveolar fricative

/ʒ/

voiced postalveolar fricative

/h/

voiceless glottal fricative

/tʃ/

voiceless postalveolar affricate

/dʒ/

voiced postalveolar affricate

/m/

voiced bilabial nasal

/n/

voiced alveolar nasal

/ŋ/

voiced velar nasal

/ɾ/

voiced alveolar tap (flap)

/w/

voiced labiovelar approximant

/ɹ/

voiced alveolar approximant

/l/

voiced alveolar lateral approximant

/j/

voiced palatal approximant

/i/

high front tense unrounded - beet

/ɪ/

high front lax unrounded - bit

/e/

mid front tense unrounded - bait

/ɛ/

mid front lax unrounded - bet

/æ/

low front lax unrounded - bat

/ɑ/ (/a/)

low back tense unrounded - father

/ɔ/

mid back lax rounded - bought

/o/

mid back tense rounded - boat

/ʊ/

high back lax rounded - hook

/u/

high back tense rounded - boot

/ə/

mid central lax unrounded - puppet

/ʌ/

mid central tense unrounded - fun

/ɚ/ - lax schwar

rhotacized mid central lax unrounded - mother

/ɝ/ - tense schwar

rhotacized mid central tense unrounded - her

/oʊ/

mid back tense rounded to high back lax rounded - go

/ɑi/

low bacl lax unrounded to high front tense unrounded - bye

/ɑʊ/

low back lax unrounded to high back lax rounded - how

/oɪ/

mid back lax rounded to high front lax unrounded - boy

/eɪ/

mid front tense unrounded to mid front lax unrounded - bait