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IPA sounds
IPA pronunciation
| Symbol | Sound |
|---|---|
| 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 |