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  IPA symbols      
  consonants • vowels • diphthongs  
   
 
 aspirated consonants
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 SYMBOL NAME / NOTES EXAMPLES  

p     pen, copy, map

t     tell, button, cat

k     keep, packet, clock

tʃ     church, nature, match

f     fat, photo, coffee

θ theta   thin, athlete, both

s     soon, cease, sister

ʃ esh   ship, sure, nation

h     hot, who, ahead
     

 
 voiced consonants
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 SYMBOL NAME / NOTES EXAMPLES  

b     bed, baby, job

d     day, middle, did

g     get, giggle, dog, ghost

dʒ     judge, age, soldier

v     very, cover, five

ð eth   this, other, sunbathe

z     zero, music, buzz

ʒ ezh (yogh)   beige, vision, mirage

m     much, summer, tram

n     nice, know, funny, sun

ŋ eng   ring, anger, thank

l     leg, valley, failure

r     rain, write, sorry

j yod   yellow, usual, few

w     win, one, when
     
 
     
 
 vowels
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 SYMBOL NAME / NOTES EXAMPLES  

æ ash   act, trap, bad

e     any, ten, head

ɪ     sit, big, minute

ɒ (BrE only)   odd, got, want

ʊ upsilon   put, book, good

ə schwa   about, police, father

ʌ     cut, done, blood

i     happy, react

u     casual, continuous

ɑː     car, half, father, heart

ɜː     bird, word, verb, burn

iː     eat, meet, sea

ɔː     saw, north, wore, all

uː     two, blue, food
     
   
     
     
     
     
   
 diphthongs
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 SYMBOL NAME / NOTES EXAMPLES  

eɪ     day, face, wait

əʊ (BrE only)   boat, know, go

aɪ     my, high, five, lie

aʊ     now, out, down

ɔɪ     boy, choice

ɪə (BrE only)   here, near, bacteria

eə (BrE only)   wear, care, there, hair

ʊə (BrE only)   poor, sure, jury
     
 
         
 


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