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IPA NA English
IPA North American English Basic Phones
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| [p] | voiceless bilabial plosive |
| [b] | voiced bilabial plosive |
| [t] | voiceless alveolar plosive |
| [d] | voiced alveolar plosive |
| [t͡ʃ] | voiceless postalveolar affricate |
| [d͡ʒ] | voiced postalveolar affricate |
| [k] | voiceless velar plosive/stop |
| [ɡ] | voiced velar plosive/stop |
| [ʔ] | voiceless glottal plosive/stop |
| [f] | voiceless labiodental fricative |
| [v] | voiced labiodental fricative |
| [θ] | voiceless interdental fricative |
| [ð] | voiced interdental fricative |
| [s] | voiceless alveolar fricative |
| [z] | voiced alveolar fricative |
| [ʃ] | voiceless postalveolar fricative |
| [ʒ] | voiced postalveolar fricative |
| [h] | voiceless glottal fricative |
| [m] | bilabial nasal stop |
| [n] | alveolar nasal stop |
| [ŋ] | velar nasal stop |
| [l] | alveolar lateral approximant |
| [r] | syllabic rhotic |
| [j] | palatal central approximant |
| [w] | labial-velar central approximant |
| [i] | high front unrounded tense |
| [ɪ] | high front unrounded lax |
| [e] | mid front unrounded tense |
| [ɛ] | mid front unrounded lax |
| [æ] | low front unrounded |
| [ɑ] | low back unrounded |
| [ɒ] | low back round |
| [ɔ] | mid back round lax |
| [o] | mid back round tense |
| [ʊ] | high back round lax |
| [u] | hiɡh back round tense |
| [ʌ] | mid central unrounded lax (stressed) |
| [ə] | mid central unrounded lax (unstressed) |
| [aɪ] | low central unrounded to high front unrounded diphthong |
| [aʊ] | low central unrounded to high back round diphthong |
| [ɔɪ] | mid back round to high front unrounded diphthong |