Sounds of English - IPA examples

Flashcards for Synchronic Linguistics | Phonetics focusing on the sounds of English and IPA.

[i:]

example: beat

[eɪ]

example: day

[p]

example: pie

[b]

example: buy

[ɪ]

example: bit

[t]

example: tidy

[d]

example: die

[aɪ]

buy

[e]

example: bed

[k]

example: kite

[g]

example: guest

[æ]

example: bad

[ɔɪ]

example boy

[f]

example: fight

[v]

example: van

[θ]

example: think

[ð]

example: they

[ɜ:]

example: bird

[əʊ]

Diphthong; example: boat

[s]

example: see

[z]

example: zero

[ə]

example: along

[aʊ]

Diphthong; example: how

[ʃ]

example: shine

[ʒ]

example: vision

[ʌ]

example: cut

[tʃ]

Voiceless postalveolar affricate; example: church

[dʒ]

Voiced postalveolar affricate; example: George

[u:]

example: boot

[ɪə]

Diphthong; example: here

[h]

; example: hide

[ɹ]

example: ride

[ʊ]

example: book

[eə]

example: hair

[l]

example: light

[j]

example: young

[ɔ]

example: bought

[uǝ]

Diphthong; example: tour

[m]

Bilabial nasal; example: mighty

[w]

Labio-velar approximant; example: way

[n]

Alveolar nasal; example: night

[ŋ]

Velar nasal; example: king

[ɒ]

Retroflex approximant; example: rock

[ɑ:]

Low back unrounded vowel; example: father