International Phonetic Alpahbet

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Symbols used in IPA with info & examples

Last updated 8:41 PM on 9/7/26
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ʌ

mid-central lax unrounded vowel (caret)

stressed “uh”

e.g. <oven> <bump>

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ə

mid-central lax unrounded vowel (schwa)

unstressed “uh”

e.g. <amuse> <ravine> <sofa>

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ɝ

mid-central rhotic tense vowel

stressed “er”

e.g. <irk> <turn> <purr>

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ɚ

mid-central rhotic lax vowel (schwar)

unstressed “er”

e.g. <urbane> <scattering> <mayor>

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æ

low front lax unrounded vowel (ash)

“ah” (short a sound)

e.g. <at> <lap>

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e

mid-front tense unrounded vowel

“ay”

e.g. <chaotic>

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ɛ

mid-front lax unrounded vowel (epsilon)

“eh”

e.g. <echo> <head>

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i

high front tense unrounded vowel (dotted i)

“ee” (long e sound)

stressed

e.g. <east> <beef> <me>

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ɪ

high front lax unrounded vowel (barred i)

“ih”

/i/ changes to /ɪ/ in unstressed syllables

e.g. <in> <finish>

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u

high back tense rounded vowel

“oo”

e.g. <boom> <chew>

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ʊ

high back lax rounded vowel (upsilon)

“uh” (short oo sound)

e.g. <hook>

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o

mid-back tense rounded vowel

“o” (long o sound)

e.g. <hotel>

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ɔ

low mid-back lax rounded vowel (reversed c)

“awh”

e.g. <ostrich> <dawn> <thaw>

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ɑ

low back tense unrounded vowel

“awh” (deep ah sound)

e.g. <off> <pot> <spa>

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p

voiceless bilabial stop-consonant

e.g. <paid> <repeat> <soap>

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b

voiced bilabial stop-consonant

e.g. <burn> <habit> <probe>

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t

voiceless lingua-alveolar stop-consonant

e.g. <tea> <tutu> <sat>

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d

voiced lingua-alveolar stop-consonant

e.g. <dog> <radar> <sad>

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k

voiceless lingua-velar stop-consonant

e.g. <cab> <hockey> <fake>

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g

voiced lingua-velar stop-consonant

e.g. <game> <begin> <mug>

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m

voiced bilabial nasal

e.g. <marsh> <comedy> <come>

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n

voiced lingua-alveolar nasal

e.g. <near> <canal> <pelican>

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f

voiceless labio-dental fricative

e.g. <fern> <coffee> <wife>

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v

voiced labio-dental fricative

e.g. <verb> <envy> <eve>

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s

voiceless lingua-alveolar fricative

e.g. <same> <missing> <house>

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z

voiced lingua-alveolar fricative

e.g. <zone> <pansy> <news>

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h

voiceless glottal fricative

e.g. <ham> <inhale>

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w

voiced bilabial lingua-velar glide

e.g. <west> <reward>

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j

voiced lingua-palatal glide

e.g. <yes> <kayak>

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l

voiced lingua-alveolar lateral liquid

e.g. <leaf> <dollar> <sell>