Phonetic Sounds

/ʊ/

short oo. examples are foot, look, and put

/æ/

short a. examples are cat, nap, and bad

/d͡ʒ/

examples are judge, jam, and age

/ɑ/

often referred to as ‘ah’ and can be long or short. examples are father and car

/ə/

known as a schwa and is a short weak ‘uh’ sound. examples are about, sofa, and the

/ɛ/

short e. examples are bed, pen, and met

/ɪ/

short i. examples are sit, hit, and lip

/i/

long i. examples are tea, see, and piece

/ɔ/

examples are dog, saw, or caught

/ɹ/

examples are red, wrong, and bread

/ʃ/

often written as ‘sh’. examples are shark, sugar, and chef

/θ/

examples are think, throw, and bath

/t͡ʃ/

known as the ‘ch’ sound. examples are chair, teacher, and question

/ʒ/

examples are measure, vision, and garage

/ʌ/

often called the short ‘u’. examples are cup, sun, and study

/ŋ/

appears before a /k/ or /g/. examples are sing, song, and bank

/ʔ/

glottal stop. examples are button, water, and mountain

/ð/

examples are mother, smooth, and they

/ʰ/

a small puff of air produced after voiceless plosives (p, t, k)