Guide to IPA Symbols

Guide to IPA Symbols

Vowels

æ ask bat glad

ɑ: cot bomb caught paw

ɛ bet fed

ə about banana collide

i very any thirty

i: eat bead bee

ɪ id bid pit

ʊ foot should put

u: boot two coo

ʌ under putt bud

ɚ merge bird further

eɪ eight wade bay

aɪ ice bite tie

aʊ out gown plow

oɪ oyster coil boy

oʊ oat own zone blow

ɑɚ car heart bizarre

eɚ bare fair wear

iɚ near deer mere pier

oɚ boar port door shore

uɚ boor tour insure

ɒ British cot bomb

ɔ: British caught paw port

ə: British merge bird

əʊ British oat own zone blow

ɪə British near deer

ɛə British bare fair

ʊə British boor tour

Consonants

b baby labor cab

d day kid

ʤ just badger fudge

ð then either bathe

f foe tough buff

g go dagger bag

h hot ahead

j yes vineyard

k lacquer flock skin

l law hollow

l̟ pedal battle final

m mat hemp hammer rim

n new tent tenor run

n̩ button satin kitten

ŋ rung hang swinger

p lapse top lip speed

r rope arrive

s sad mist kiss

ʃ shoe mission slush

t mat stick late

tʰ toe attack

ɾ later catty riddle

tʃ batch nature

tʃʰ choose chin achieve

θ thin ether bath

v vat never cave

w wet software

z zoo easy buzz