Pronunciation

INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET  (IPA)

Vowels and diphthongs

Consonants

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    a

    ʌ

    cut, but

    b

    b

    book, lab

    a:

    ɑ:

    father, hard

    d

    d

    did, lady

    æ

    æ

    hat, black

    f

    f    

    find, if

    e

    e

    pet, bed

    g

    g

    give, flag

    ə

    ə

  away, teacher

    h

    h

    how, hello

    ə:

    ɜ:

    turn, learn

    j

    j

    yes, yellow

    i

    ɪ

    hit, sitting

    k

    k

    cat, back

    i:

    i:

    see, meet

    l

    l

    leg, little

    o

    ɒ

    hot, rock

    m

    m

    man, lemon

    o:

    ɔ:

    call, four

    n

    n

    no, ten

    u

    ʊ

    put, book

    ŋ

    ŋ

    sing, finger

    u:

    u:

    blue, food

    p

    p

    pet, map

    ai

    aɪ

    five, eye

    r

    r

    red, try

    au

    aʊ

    now, out

    s

    s

    sun, miss

    ei

    eɪ

    say, eight

    š

    ʃ

    she, shop

    ou

    oʊ

    go, home

    t

    t

    tea, getting

    oi

    ɔɪ

    boy, join

    č

    tʃ

    Czech, church

    eə

    eə

    where, air

    θ

    θ

    think, both

    iə

    ɪə

    near, here

    ð

    ð

    this, mother

    uə

    ʊə

    pure, tourist

    v

    v

    voice, five

    w

    w

    wet, window

    z

    z

    zoo, lazy

    ž

    ʒ

    pleasure

    dž

    dʒ

    just, large