Vowels, Consonants, r colored vowels and diphthongs

/i/

beet; high front tense unrounded

/ʊ/

book; high back lax unrounded

e/eI

bait; high mid front tense unrounded

/ɛ/

bet; low mid front lax unrounded

/æ/

bat; low front lax unrounded

/u/

boot; high back tense rounded

/ʊ/

book; high back lax rounded

o/oʊ

boat, high mid, back tense rounded

/ɔ/

dawn; low mid back tense rounded

/ɑ/

bot; low back tense unrounded

/ə/

alone; mid central lax unrounded

/ʌ/

but; low mid back central lax unrounded

/ɚ/

perhaps; mid central lax rounded

/ɝ/

burt; mid central tense rounded

/oʊ/

no

/aɪ/

high

/eɪ/

way

/aʊ/

cow

/ɔɪ/

boys

/ɪɹ/

mirror

/ɛɹ/

hair

/ʊɹ/

lure

/ɔɹ/

core

/ɑɹ/

car

/p/

voiceless bilabial stop

/b/

voiced bilabial stop

/t/

voiceless alveolar stop

/d/

voiced alveolar stop

/k/

voiceless velar stop

/g/

voiced velar stop

/ɾ/ (flap)

allophone of /t/ /d/
occurs in intervocalic positions where first syllables is stressed
better, butter, litter, buddy, stutter, trader

/ʔ/ glottal stop

allophone of /t/
kitten, button, mountain, latin, dayton

/m/

voiced bilabial nasal

/n/

voiced alveolar nasal

/ŋ/

voiced velar nasal

what sound does /ŋ/ make

“ng” (ring, wrangle, being, finger, clank, ankle, dangle, larynx)

/f/

voiceless labiodental fricative

/v/

voiced labiodental fricative

/θ/ theta

voiceless interdental fricative

what sound does /θ/ make

“th” thermal, thought, froth, bath

/ð/

“eth” voiced interdental fricative

what sound does /ð/ make

though, lathe, feather, wither

/s/

voiceless alveolar fricative

/z/

voiced alveolar fricative

/ʃ/

“esh” voiceless palatal fricative

what sound does /ʃ/ make

sh (shape), ss (pressure), sci (conscience), ce (ocean)

/ʒ/

“yogh” voiced palatal fricative

what sound does /ʒ/ make

z (azure), g (garage), s (measure), si (vision), zi (brazier)

/h/

voiceless glottal fricative

/tʃ/

voiceless palatal affricate

what sound does /tʃ/ make

ch (check), tch (witch), t (nature), te (righteous), ti (question)

/dʒ/

voiced palatal affricate

what sound does /dʒ/ make

j (joke), g (gem), gg (exaggerate), d (educate), dg (lodge), di (soldier)

what sound does /j/ make

y (yell), u (fuse), eu (feud)

/j/

voiced palatal glide

/w/

voiced labiovelar glide

/ɹ/

voiced palatal liquid

/l/

voiced alveolar liquid