English phonetic symbols - Didier Madelaine

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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]
[Aù]	car	[kAù]
[e]	bed	[bed]
[«]	about	[«:baUt]
[Îù] or [«ù]	turn	[tÎùn] or [t«ùn]
[I] or [i]	bit	[bIt] or [bit]
[iù]	see	[siù]
[] or []	dog	[dg] or [dg]
[ù]	all	[ùl]
[U] or [u]	full	[fUl] or [ful]
[uù]	shoe	[Suù]
[Ã]	sun	[sÃn]

DIPHTHONGS
[:dIfTNz]

SYMBOL	EXAMPLE	TRANSCRIPTION
[Ai] or [aI]	life	[lAif] or [laIf]
[ei] or [eI]	name	[neim] or [neIm]
[i] or [I]	boy	[bi] or [bI]
[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
[:trIfTNz]

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

CONSONANTS
[:kns«n«nts]

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