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Guide to IPA Pronunciation Symbols

Vowels

æ    ask, bat, glad
ɑ     cot, bomb, caught, paw
ɛ     bet, fed
ə     about, banana, collide
i      very, any, thirty
i:     eat, bead, bee
ɪ      id, bid, pit
ʊ     foot, should, put
u:    boot, two, coo
ʌ     under, putt, bud
ɚ    merge, bird, further
   eight, wade, bay
   ice, bite, tie
  out, gown, plow
   oyster, coil, boy
   oat, own, zone, blow
ɑɚ   car, heart, bizarre
  bare, fair, wear
   near, deer, mere, pier
  boar, port, door, shore
  boor, tour, insure
ɒ      British cot, bomb
ɔ      British caught, paw, port
ə:     British merge, bird
əʊ    British oat, own, zone, blow
ɪə    British near, deer
ɛə    British bare, fair
ʊə    British boor, tour

Consonants

b     baby, labor, cab
d     day, kid
ʤ    just, badger, fudge
ð     then, either, bathe
f      foe, tough, buff
g     go, dagger, bag
h     hot, ahead
j      yes, vineyard
k     lacquer, flock, skin
kʰ    cat, keep, account
l      law, hollow
     pedal, battle, final
ɫ      pool, boil
m    mat, hemp, hammer, rim
n     new, tent, tenor, run
    button, satin, kitten
ŋ     rung, hang, swinger
p     lapse, top, lip, speed
pʰ    pay, pet, appear
r      rope, arrive
s     sad, mist, kiss
ʃ      shoe, mission, slush
t      mat, stick, late
tʰ     toe, attack
ɾ      later, catty, riddle
    batch, nature
ʰ    choose, chin, achieve
θ     thin, ether, bath
v     vat, never, cave
w     wet, software
z     zoo, easy, buzz
ʒ     vision, azure, beige
ʔ     button, kitten, satin

Other Symbols

primary stress     high stress: penmanship
secondary stress     low stress: penmanship
£    indicates British pronunciation variant

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