IPA Symbols

[p]

spam

bilabial voiceless stop

[b]

ban

bilabial voiced stop

[m]

man

bilabial voiced stop

[t]

stand

alveolar voiceless stop

[d]

Dan

alveolar voiced stop

[n]

tan

alveolar voiced stop

[k]

scan

velar voiceless stop

[g]

get

velar voiced stop

[ŋ]

sing

velar voiced stop

[ʔ]

uh-oh

glottal voiceless stop

[f]

fix

labiodental voiceless fricative

[v]

vex

labiodental voiced fricative

[θ]

thigh, thing
dental voiceless fricative

[ð]

the, that

dental voiced fricative

[s]

sit, waltz

alveolar voiceless fricative

[z]

zit, cubs

alveolar voiced fricative

[ʃ]

mission, shake

postalveolar/alveo-palatal voiceless fricative

[ʒ]

vision, usual, massage

postalveolar/alveo-palatal voiced fricative

[h]

heap

glottal voiceless fricative

[ʧ]

chime

alveo-palatal voiceless affricate

[ʤ]

jive, edge

alveo-palatal voiced affricate

[j]

yes

palatal voiced approximant

[w]

wad, wet

labio-velar voiced approximant

[ʍ]

(h)what, (h)whine (southern accent)

labio-velar voiceless approximant

[l]

lad, like

alveolar voiced approximant

[ɹ]

rad

alveolar voiced approximant

[ɪ]

rid

front lax high

[ε]

red

front lax mid

[æ]

rad

front lax low

[ɨ]

roses

central lax high

[ə]

Rosa’s, comma

central lax mid

[ʊ]

put

back lax high

[ɔ]

caught

back lax mid

[ʌ]

cut

back lax mid

[i]

beet, happy

front tense high

[e]

bait, late

front tense mid

[ah]

Bostonian car

central tense low

[u]

food, goose

back tense high

[o]

boat, low

back tense mid

[ɑ]

cot, not, father

back tense low

[ij]

beet, bead

front tense high

diphthong

[eɪ]

bait

front tense mid

diphthong

[aɪ]

ice, buy

central tense low

diphthong

[aʊ]

blouse, cow, mouth

central tense low

diphthong

[uw]

food, soon

back tense high

diphthong

[oʊ]

boat, owe, no

back tense mid

diphthong

[ɔɪ]

soil, boy

back tense low

diphthong

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