phoneme symbols- vowels, affricates, diphthongs

i

say cheese!

Smile/cheese

: “eee”

ɛ/e

wet sweaty pet

: “eh”

e: higher

ɛ: lower

I (uppercase i)

english ship

: “ih”

ə

uh??

: “uhw”

(always unstressed)

ʊ

pull the bull

:“uuh”

u

mood for food

: “ooh”

ɔ interpretation 1

sword

born with a sword

“ouhh”

ɔ interpretation 2

bought a cot

:”auhh”

æ

cat ambulance (accident + emergency)

: “aah uh”

ʌ

thumbs up

:“a-uh”.

a

say ahh (doctors)

: ”ahh”

ɒ

hot body bottom

“ouh”

ɜ

bird

worm

“uouhh”

vowels

ɜ, ɒ, ʌ, æ, ɔ, ʊ, ə, I, ɛ/e, i

consonants

[ʃ], [ʒ], [ŋ], [ð], [θ], [tʃ], [dʒ],  

p, b, t, d, f, v, s, m, n, h, l, r, w, j

affricates defnition

 complex consonants involving a plosive and a fricative

affricates

[tʃ], [dʒ]

ŋ

tongue

tongue is also at back of throat/up in palate when we make the sound

: “ngg”

siŋ- sing

saŋ - sang

suŋ - sung

ʃ

shh

shush

: “shh”

ʒ

television

: “zh”

θ

teeth

the symbol looks like teeth

theta - name of symbol

“th” - voiceless

ð

fly buzzing - *thh*, *thh*, *thh*

this rhythmn

:“th” voiced/with air

tʃ

chair

t sitting in back of chair, ʃ on chair

“t-ch”

dʒ

jade

Dave? No, jade

“d - zh”

Diphthongs

two sounds together, tongue is gliding in your mouth as you make the sound

You are David Dip the Curious Boy

You: Ju

David: eI (“ay-ih”)

Curious: ʊə (“ohh-uh”)

Boy: ɔI (“oi”)

Iə

ear

: “eh-uh”

eə

hair

: "ehh-uhw"

ei

David

• david dip or No David

face

“ayy-eeh”

oʊ

nose

"oh-wu”

aʊ

Mouth

“ah-wuh”/ oww

ɔI

oi there mate

“oi”

ʊə

Curious Jury

: “oh-uh”