Phonetica
Phonetica
vowels consonants
IPA ASCII examples
U ^ cup, luck
@9 a: arm, father
æ @ cat, black
? .. away, cinema
d e met, bed
29 e:(r) turn, learn
H i hit, sitting
h9 i: see, heat
P o hot, rock
N9 o: call, four
T u put, could
t9 u: blue, food
`H ai five, eye
`T au now, out
nT/?T Ou go, home
d? e..(r) where, air
dH ei say, eight
H? i..(r) near, here
nH oi boy, join
T? u..(r) pure, tourist
IPA ASCII examples
b b bad, lab
d d did, lady
f f find, if
g g give, flag
h h how, hello
j j yes, yellow
k k cat, back
l l leg, little
m m man, lemon
n n no, ten
M N sing, finger
p p pet, map
r r red, try
s s sun, miss
R S she, crash
t t tea, getting
sR tS check, church
S th think, both
C TH this, mother
v v voice, five
w w wet, window
z z zoo, lazy
Y Z pleasure, vision
cY dZ just, large
special symbols
IPA ASCII meaning
! ' ! is placed before the stressed syllable in a word. For example, the noun contract
is pronounced .!jPmsqæjs., and the verb to contract is pronounced .j?m!sqæjs..
(r) .j`9q. means .j`9q. in American English and .j`9. in British English.
i i(:) .h. means .h. or .H. or something in between.
Examples: very .!udqh., ability .?!aHkHsh., previous .!oqh9uh?r..
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k . k. shows that the consonant .k. is pronounced as a syllable. This means that
-k there is a short vowel (shorter than the .?. sound) before the consonant.
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m -m . m. shows that the consonant .m. is pronounced as a syllable.
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in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as used in phonemic transcriptions in modern English dictionaries.The ASCII column shows the corresponding sy
consonants
meaning
re the stressed syllable in a word. For example, the noun contract
æjs., and the verb to contract is pronounced .j?m!sqæjs..
q. in American English and .j`9. in British English.
.H. or something in between.
h., ability .?!aHkHsh., previous .!oqh9uh?r..
sonant .k. is pronounced as a syllable. This means that
vowel (shorter than the .?. sound) before the consonant.