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ENGLISH PHONETIC SYMBOLS



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ENGLISH PHONETIC SYMBOLS
[:INglIS f«:netIk :sImblz]

VOWELS
[vaU«lz]

SYMBOL
EXAMPLE
TRANSCRIPTION
[Q]
cat
[kQt]
[Ał]
car
[kAł]
[e]
bed
[bed]
[«]
about
[«:baUt]
[Īł] or [«ł]
turn
[tĪłn] or [t«łn]
[I] or [i]
bit
[bIt] or [bit]
[ił]
see
[sił]
[] or []
dog
[dg] or [dg]
[ł]
all
[łl]
[U] or [u]
full
[fUl] or [ful]
[uł]
shoe
[Suł]
[Ć]
sun
[sĆn]


DIPHTHONGS
[:dIfTNz]

SYMBOL
EXAMPLE
TRANSCRIPTION
[Ai] or [aI]
life
[lAif] or [laIf]
[ei] or [eI]
name
[neim] or [neIm]
[i] or [I]
boy
[bi] or [bI]
[aU] or [Au]
about
[«:baUt] or [«:bAut]
[«U] or [ou]
stone
[st«Un] or [stoun]
[e«] or [E«]
there
[De«] or [DE«]
[i«] or [I«]
here
[hi«] or [hI«]
[U«] or [u«]
poor
[pU«] or [pu«]


TRIPHTHONGS
[:trIfTNz]

SYMBOL
EXAMPLE
TRANSCRIPTION
[Ai«] or [aI«]
fire
[fAi«] or [faI«]
[aU«] or [Au«]
flower
[flaU«] or [flAu«]


CONSONANTS
[:kns«n«nts]

SYMBOL
EXAMPLE
TRANSCRIPTION
[p]
pen
[pen]
[b]
beer
[bi«]
[t]
top
[tp]
[d]
dog
[dg]
[k]
come
[kĆm]
[g]
get
[get]
[f]
fan
[fQn]
[v]
van
[vQn]
[s]
see
[sił]
[z]
zoo
[zuł]
[T]
thin
[TIn]
[D]
then
[Den]
[S]
shoe
[SUł]
[Z]
pleasure
[:pleZ«]
[tS]
church
[tS«łtS]
[dZ]
gin
[dZIn]
[w]
win
[wIn]
[r]
run
[rĆn]
[j]
yes
[jes]
[h]
hit
[hIt]
[m]
my
[mAi]
[n]
no
[n«U]
[N]
ringing
[:rININ]
[l]
let
[let]


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