ling 101 IPA

/p/

Voiceless bilabial plosive sound, like the 'p' in pat.

/b/

Voiced bilabial plosive sound, like the 'b' in bat.

/t/

Voiceless alveolar plosive sound, like the 't' in tap.

/d/

Voiced alveolar plosive sound, like the 'd' in dad.

/k/

Voiceless velar plosive sound, like the 'k' in kite.

/g/

Voiced velar plosive sound, like the 'g' in go.

/f/

Voiceless labiodental fricative sound, like the 'f' in fan.

/v/

Voiced labiodental fricative sound, like the 'v' in van.

/θ/

Voiceless dental fricative sound, like the 'th' in think.

/ð/

Voiced dental fricative sound, like the 'th' in this.

/s/

Voiceless alveolar fricative sound, like the 's' in sit.

/z/

Voiced alveolar fricative sound, like the 'z' in zoo.

/ʃ/

Voiceless post-alveolar fricative sound, like the 'sh' in ship.

/ʒ/

Voiced post-alveolar fricative sound, like the 's' in pleasure or the 'si' in vision.

/tʃ/

Voiceless post-alveolar affricate sound, like the 'ch' in church.

/dʒ/

Voiced post-alveolar affricate sound, like the 'j' in judge.

/m/

Bilabial nasal sound, like the 'm' in man.

/n/

Alveolar nasal sound, like the 'n' in no.

/ŋ/

Velar nasal sound, like the 'ng' in sing.

/ə/

The Schwa; a neutral, unstressed vowel sound, like the 'a' in about or the 'e' in the.

/aɪ/

Diphthong sound (two vowels combined), like the 'y' in my or the 'i' in eye.

/p/

Voiceless bilabial plosive sound, like the 'p' in pat.

/b/

Voiced bilabial plosive sound, like the 'b' in bat.

/t/

Voiceless alveolar plosive sound, like the 't' in tap.

/d/

Voiced alveolar plosive sound, like the 'd' in dad.

/k/

Voiceless velar plosive sound, like the 'k' in kite.

/g/

Voiced velar plosive sound, like the 'g' in go.

/f/

Voiceless labiodental fricative sound, like the 'f' in fan.

/v/

Voiced labiodental fricative sound, like the 'v' in van.

/θ/

Voiceless dental fricative sound, like the 'th' in think.

/ð/

Voiced dental fricative sound, like the 'th' in this.

/s/

Voiceless alveolar fricative sound, like the 's' in sit.

/z/

Voiced alveolar fricative sound, like the 'z' in zoo.

/ʃ/

Voiceless post-alveolar fricative sound, like the 'sh' in ship.

/ʒ/

Voiced post-alveolar fricative sound, like the 's' in pleasure or the 'si' in vision.

/tʃ/

Voiceless post-alveolar affricate sound, like the 'ch' in church.

/dʒ/

Voiced post-alveolar affricate sound, like the 'j' in judge.

/m/

Bilabial nasal sound, like the 'm' in man.

/n/

Alveolar nasal sound, like the 'n' in no.

/ŋ/

Velar nasal sound, like the 'ng' in sing.

/h/

Voiceless glottal fricative sound, like the 'h' in hat.

/l/

Voiced alveolar lateral approximant sound, like the 'l' in love.

/r/

Voiced alveolar approximant sound, like the 'r' in run.

/w/

Voiced labio-velar approximant sound, like the 'w' in wet.

/j/

Voiced palatal approximant sound, like the 'y' in yes.

/iː/

Close front unrounded vowel, like the 'ee' in see.

/ɪ/

Near-close near-front unrounded vowel, like the 'i' in kit.

/e/

Close-mid front unrounded vowel, like the 'e' in tea.

/ɛ/

Open-mid front unrounded vowel, like the 'e' in bet.

/æ/

Open front unrounded vowel, like the 'a' in trap.

/ɑː/

Open back unrounded vowel, like the 'a' in car (in some accents).

/ɒ/

Open back rounded vowel, like the 'o' in lot.

/ɔː/

Open-mid back rounded vowel, like the 'aw' in thawt (in some accents).

/ʊ/

Near-close back rounded vowel, like the 'oo' in foot.

/uː/

Close back rounded vowel, like the 'oo' in soon.

/ʌ/

Open-mid back unrounded vowel, like the 'u' in strut.

/ɜː/

Open-mid central unrounded vowel, like the 'ir' in bird (in some accents).

/ə/

The Schwa; a neutral, unstressed vowel sound, like the 'a' in about or the 'e' in the.

/aɪ/

Diphthong sound (two vowels combined), like the 'i' in my or the 'y' in eye.

/eɪ/

Diphthong sound, like the 'ay' in day.

/ɔɪ/

Diphthong sound, like the 'oy' in boy.

/aʊ/

Diphthong sound, like the 'ou' in house.

/əʊ/

Diphthong sound, like the 'o' in go.