IPA |
Respelling symbol(s) |
Examples
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Consonants
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//b//
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b
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but, web
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//d//
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d
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do, odd
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//ð//
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dh
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this, breathe, father
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//dʒ//
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j
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gin, joy, edge
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//f//
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f
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fool, enough, leaf
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//ɡ//
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g
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go, get, beg
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//h//
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h
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ham, ahead
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//j//
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y
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yes
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//k//
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k
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cat, kill, skin, queen, thick
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//l//
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l
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left, bell
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//m//
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m
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man, ham
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//n//
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n
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no, tin
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//ŋ//
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ng
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ringer, sing, sink
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//ŋɡ//
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ng-g
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finger
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//p//
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p
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pen, spin, tip
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//r//
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r
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run, very
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//s//
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s or ss
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see, city, pass
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//ʃ//
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sh
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she, sure, emotion, leash
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//t//
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t
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two, sting, bet
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//tʃ//
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ch
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chair, nature, teach
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//v//
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v
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voice, have
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//w//
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w
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we
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//ʍ//
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wh
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wh
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//z//
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z
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zoo, rose
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//ʒ//
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zh
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pleasure, vision, beige
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//θ//
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th
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thing, teeth
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Stress
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//ˈ//
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Represented by capitalizing the syllable.
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intonation (/ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən/)
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IPA |
Respelling symbol(s) |
Examples
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Vowels
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//ɪ// |
i or ih |
bid, pit
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//iː// |
ee |
bead, peat
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//i// |
ee |
happy, city
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//ɛ// |
e |
bed, pet
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//æ// |
a |
bad, pat
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//ɑː// |
ah or aa |
balm, father, pa
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//ɒ// |
o |
bod, pot, cot
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//ɔː// |
aw |
bawd, paw, caught
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//ʊ// |
oo |
good, foot, put
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//uː// |
oo |
booed, food
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//ʌ// |
u |
bud, butt
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Diphthongs
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//eɪ// |
ay |
bay, hey, fate
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//ɑɪ// |
eye |
buy, high, ride, write
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//ɑʊ// |
ow |
bough, how, pout
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//ɔɪ// |
oy |
boy, hoy
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//oʊ// |
oh or oe |
beau, hoe, poke
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//juː// |
ew |
beauty, hue, pew, dew
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R-colored vowels
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//ɪr// |
irr |
mirror
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//ɪər// |
eer |
beer, mere
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//ɛr// |
err |
berry, merry
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//ɛər// |
air |
bear, mare, Mary
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//ær// |
arr |
barrow, marry
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//ɑr// |
ar |
bar, mar
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//ɒr// |
orr |
moral, forage
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//ɔr// |
or or awr |
born, for
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//ɔər// |
ohr |
boar, four, more
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//ʌr// |
urr |
hurry, Murray
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//ʊər// |
oor |
boor, moor
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//ɜr// |
ur or ər at the end of words |
bird, myrrh, furry (alternatively //ɝː//)
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Reduced vowels
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//ɨ// |
ə |
roses, business
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//ə// |
ə |
Rosa’s, above
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//ər// |
ər |
runner, mercer (alternatively //ɚ//)
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