IPA chart for English
A concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds.
See International Phonetic Alphabet for English for a more complete version.
| IPA: English Consonants
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| IPA | Examples
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|
| English pen
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| b
| English but
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| t
| English two
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| d
| English do
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| tʃ
| English chair, nature
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| dʒ
| English gin, joy
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| k
| English cat, kill, queen
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| g
| English go, get
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| f
| English fool, enough
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| v
| English voice
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| θ
| English thing
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| ð
| English this
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| s
| English see, pass , city
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| z
| English zoo, roses
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| ʃ
| English she, sure, emotion
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| ʒ
| English pleasure
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| h
| English ham
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| m
| English man
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| n
| English no
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| ŋ
| English singer, ring
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| l
| English left
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| ɫ
| English milk (dark l)
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| r
| English run, very
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| ɾ
| US English better
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| w
| English we
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| j
| English yes
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| ʔ
| Cockney bottle
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| ʍ
| Scottish what
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| x
| Scottish loch
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| IPA: English Vowels
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| IPA | Examples
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| RP | US | AU |
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| ɑ: | ɑ | a
| father
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| i: | i | i
| see
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| ɪ | ɪ | ɪ
| city
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| ɛ | ɛ | ɛ
| bed
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| ɜ: | ɜ˞ | ɜ
| bird
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| æ | æ | æ
| bad, cat
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| ɑ: | ɑr | a:
| arm
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| ʌ | ʌ2 | ʌ
| run, enough
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| ɒ | ɑ | ɒ
| not, cough
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| ɔ: | ɔ | ɔ
| law , caught
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| ʊ | ʊ | ʊ
| put
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| u: | u | u
| soon, through
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| ə | ə1 | ə
| about
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| IPA: English Diphthongs
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| IPA | Examples
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| RP | US | AU |
|
| eɪ | e(ɪ) | eɪ
| day
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| aɪ | aɪ | aɪ
| my
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| ɔɪ | oɪ | ɔɪ
| boy
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| əʊ | o(ʊ) | oʊ
| no
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| aʊ | aʊ | aʊ
| now
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| ɪə | ir | ɪə
| near , here
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| eə | er | ɛə
| hair, there
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| ʊə | ur | ʊə
| tour
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| ju: | ju | ju
| pupil
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Note that the parentheses indicate optionality; the IPA code does not actually contain parentheses.
- US winner might be pronounced /ˈwɪnər/ (Gen.Am.), /ˈwɪnə/ (non-rhotic Southern US), or /ˈwɪnɐ/ (New England, US region).
- Realization may occasionally be /ə/.
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| IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
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| IPA | Explanation
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| ˈ
| Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable) — "phonetic" /fəˈnɛtɪk/
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| ˌ
| Secondary stress — "phonetician" (US) /ˌfoʊnəˈtɪʃn̩/,
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| .
| Syllable separator
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| ̩
| Syllabic consonant — /ˈkɪtn̩/ for kitten
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See also
SAMPA chart for English
Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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