International Phonetic

Vowels:

Monophthongs:

IPA Symbol

Examples

/ɪ/

bit, sit

/e/

bed, set

/æ/

cat, bat

/ʌ/

cup, bus

/ɒ/

cot, dog

/ʊ/

book, foot

/iː/

see, feet

/uː/

moon, food

/ɑː/

car, father

/ɔː/

law, saw

/ɜː/

bird, nurse

/ə/

sofa, about

Diphthongs:

IPA Symbols

Examples

/eɪ/

say, day

/aɪ/

my, buy

/ɔɪ/

boy, toy

/aʊ/

now, cow

/əʊ/

go, no

/ɪə/

near, hear

/eə/

hair, care

/ʊə/

tour, pure

Consonants:

IPA Symbols

Examples

/p/

pat, top

/b/

bat, tub

/t/

tap, pot

/d/

dog, lid

/f/

fan, leaf

/v/

van, live

/s/

sun, pass

/z/

zoo, buzz

/ʃ/

shoe, wish

/ʒ/

measure, pleasure

/h/

hat, hello

/m/

man, sum

/n/

no, tin

/ŋ/

sing, long

/θ/

thin, thought

/ð/

the, this

/j/

yes, you

/ʍ/

when, white

/tʃ/

chin, cheese














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