| IPA: English Consonants | | IPA | Examples |
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| pen, spin, tip |
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| but, web |
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| two, sting, bet |
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| do, odd |
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| chair, nature, teach |
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| gin, joy, edge |
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| cat, kill, skin, queen, thick |
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| go, get, beg |
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| fool, enough, leaf |
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| voice, have |
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| thing, teeth |
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| this, breathe, father |
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| see, city, pass |
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| zoo, rose |
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| she, sure, emotion, leash |
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| pleasure, beige |
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| ham |
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| man, ham |
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| no, tin |
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| singer, ring |
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| left, bell |
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| run, very [Although the symbol technically represents an alveolar trill, which is absent from most dialects of English, it is nevertheless widely used instead of in phonemic transcriptions.] |
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| we |
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| yes |
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| what (some accents, such as Scottish) |
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| loch (Scottish) |
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| | IPA: English Vowels | | IPA | Examples |
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| RP | GenAm | AuE | |
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| > father |
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| > see |
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| > city |
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| > bed [Often transcribed for RP, for example in Collins English Dictionary.] |
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| > bird |
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| > lad, cat, ran [Often transcribed for RP, for example in dictionaries of the Oxford University Press.][See bad-lad split for more discussion of this vowel in Australian English.] |
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| > arm |
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| > run, enough |
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| > not, wasp |
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| > law, caught [See low back merger for more discussion of this vowel in American English.] |
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| > put |
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| > soon, through |
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| > about |
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| > winner |
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| | | IPA: English Diphthongs |
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| IPA | Examples |
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| RP | GenAm | AuE | |
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| > day |
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| > my |
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| > boy |
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| > no |
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| > now |
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| > near, here |
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| > hair, there [Alternative symbols used in British dictionaries are (Oxford University Press) and .] |
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| > tour |
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| > pupil |
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