Vowels/Dipthongs (single, complex vowels)

Descriptions for Vowels/Dipthongs & Monopthongs in IPA

/i/ (See)

High Front Unrounded Tense

/ɪ/ (Sit)

High Front Unrounded Lax

/ʊ/ “upsilon” (Book)

High Back Rounded Lax

/u/ (Blue)

High Back Rounded Tense

/ɛ/ “epsilon” (Bed)

Open-Mid Front Unrounded

/æ/ “ash” (Cat/Alex)

Low Open Front Unrounded

/ə/ (“schwa”) (Sofa)

Mid Central Unrounded

/a/ (Father)

Low Open Front Unrounded

/e/ (Send)

High close-mid Front unrounded

/ɔ/ (Bought, caught, ought)

Low Back Open-Mid Rounded

/ʌ/ “wedge” (but, tough, another, oven)

Low Open-Mid Back Unrounded

/aI/

“I”; The letter Pronounced (Bite, Stein, aisle, Island)

/aʊ/

“Ow” (bout, brown, doubt)

/ɔI/

“Oi!” (boy, rejoice, annoy)

/oʊ/

“Oh!” (sometimes just /o/) (boat, grow, though, over)

/eI/ (sometimes just /e/)

“Ay!”(bait, reign, great, they)