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IPA sounds
IPA pronunciation
Symbol | Sound |
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p | p in: pit, lip |
b | b in: bit, tub |
t | t in: tip, sit |
d | d in: dig, sad |
k | 'k' sound in: cup, sky, click |
g | g in: guy, bag |
m | m in: my, jam |
n | n in: not, ran |
ŋ | ng sound e.g sing, finger, link |
tʃ | tch sound, e.g check, etch |
dʒ | j sound e.g judge, just, giant |
f | f in: fish, cuff |
v | v in: vowel, leave |
θ | th sound in: thigh, breath (not voiced) |
ð | th sound in: father, breathe (voiced) |
s | s in: mass, sip |
z | z in: zip, jazz |
ʃ | sh sound e.g shop, wish (not voiced) |
ʒ | soft j sound e.g genre, pleasure, beige (voiced) |
h | h in: house, ahead |
w | w in: wit, swap |
j | y sound e.g yes, young |
r | r in: rip, write |
l | l in: lip, pull |
i | ee sound e.g happy, feet, seat, me |
ɪ | ih sound e.g sit, gym, pip |
e | ay sound e.g late, break, say |
ɛ | eh sound e.g let, best |
æ | ah sound e.g cat, mad |
ʌ | uh sound e.g but, trust, under (stressed sound) |
ə | uh sound e.g comma, bazaar, the (unstressed sound) |
u | oo sound e.g goose, rude, cruel |
ʊ | the verb sound in: took, foot |
oʊ | oh sound e.g boat, owe, no (SSBE) |
ɔ | aw sound e.g bought, launch |
ɑ | vowel sound in: not, father |
aɪ | iy sound in: buy, aisle, isle |
aʊ | ow sound in: cow, mouth |
ɔɪ | oy sound in: boy, soil |
x | ck sound in: lock, challah |
ʔ | This is a glottal stop, the space between sounds like uh-oh, or an-egg |