American English IPA

[p]

voiceless bilabial stop

[b]

voiced bilabial stop

[t]

voiceless alveolar stop

[d]

voiced alveolar stop

[k]

voiceless velar stop

[g]

voiced velar stop

[ʔ]

glottal stop

[m]

voiced bilabial nasal

[n]

voiced alveolar nasal

[ŋ]

voiced velar nasal

[f]

voiceless labiodental fricative

[v]

voiced labiodental fricative

[θ]

voiceless interdental fricative

[ð]

voiced interdental fricative

[s]

voiceless alveolar fricative

[z]

voiced alveolar fricative

[ʃ]

voiceless palatal fricative

[ʒ]

voiced palatal fricative

[h]

voiceless glottal fricative

[tʃ]

voiceless palatal affricate

[dʒ]

voiced palatal affricate

[ʍ]

voiceless labial-velar glide

[w]

voiced labial-velar glide

[j]

voiced palatal glide

[r]

voiced retroflex liquid

[l]

voiced lateral liquid

[i]

high front tense unrounded vowel

[ɪ]

high front lax unrounded vowel

[e]

mid front tense unrounded vowel

[ɛ]

mid front lax unrounded vowel

[æ]

low front lax unrounded vowel

[ʌ]

mid central lax unrounded stressed vowel

[ə]

mid central lax unrounded unstressed vowel

[u]

high back tense rounded vowel

[ʊ]

high back lax rounded vowel

[o]

mid back tense rounded vowel

[ɔ]

low back tense rounded vowel

[a]

low central tense unrounded vowel