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vowels IPA ASCII examples

i\ II C1!P, l1!ck a: a: g,rm, fg,ther ce @ cg,t, blg,ck ~ .. g,way, cin~mg,

m~t. b~d£% r e

< -. 3: e:(r) turn. learn -[ i hit. sitting I: I: see. heat

( 0 0 hQt. rQck J: 0: cg,lI, four u u P1!t, could u: u: blue, food " aI ai five, ~)"

au au now, out i '" .. ou '~u Ou gQ. hQme

v . E,f~<9' e .. (r) where. air-

1...0, e! el S!!Y. eight I~r i.. (r) near, here S .Il

u ):r 91 01 bQy, joinI .D.

u~r u.. (r) pure, touristS D,

special symbols

Phonetic alphabets reference

The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet. as used in phonemic transcriptions in modern English dictionaries.

The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCn Phonetic Alphabet, which can be used to type the pronunciation o~' words on a computer without the use of special fonts.

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consonants IPA ASCII examples

b b !;lad.lah d d gig"lag,y f f find. if 0 b g give, flag h h how, hello

yes. yellowJ J k k ~at. back I I leg, !ittk

m m man, lemon n n no, ten

IJ N sing, finger p get, mag

r r red, tIY s s ?,un, miss

S S she, crash t t Iea, gelling tS tS check, church e th think, both a TH this, mother v v yoice. five w w ~et, ~indo~

z z .?coo, lay

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Z plea?,ure. vigon

d3 dZ lust, lar~ 3

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IPA ASCII meaning

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, is placed before the stressed syllable in a word. For example, the noun contract

is pronounced I'kontrcekt/, and the verb to contract is pronounced Ik~n'trcekt/.

Ika:rl means Ika:rl in American English and Ika:1 in British English.

iii means iii or III or something in between.

Examples: very I'veri/, ability I~'bdlti/, previous I'pri:vi~s/.

Idl/ shows that the consonant III is pronounced as a syllable. This means that

there is a short vowel (shorter than the I~I sound) before the consonant.

Examples: little I'htdJ/, uncle I'i\IJkdll.

Idnl shows that the consonant Inl is pronounced as a syllable.

Examples: written I'ntdn/, listen I'hsdn/.