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International Phonetic Alphabet For English
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This concise chart shows the most common applications of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent English language pronunciations.

See Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.

Note: An IPA Chart for English 2.png is also available.
IPA Examples
IPA: English Consonants
p pen, spin, tip
b but, web
t two, sting, bet
d do, odd
chair, nature, teach
gin, joy, edge
k cat, kill, skin, queen, unique, thick
ɡ go, get, beg
f fool, enough, leaf, off
v voice, have, of
θ thing, teeth
ð this, breathe, father
s see, city, pass
z zoo, rose
ʃ she, sure, emotion, leash
ʒ pleasure, beige
x Scottish loch
h ham
m man, ham
n no, tin
ŋ ringer, sing, finger, drink
l left, bell
ɹ run, very
w we
j yes
ʍ what
 
IPA: Marginal Sounds
ʔ uh-(ʔ)oh
IPA Examples

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SAE
IPA: English Vowels
ɑː ɑ ɐː a father
ɪ ɪ ɪ ɘ ɪ sit
i ɪi i i i city
ɪi see
ɛ ɛ e e ɛ bed
ɜː(ɹ) ɝ/ɹ̩ ɜː(ɹ) ɵː(ɹ) ʌɾ, ɛɾ,
ɪɾ
burr, berm, bird
æ æ æ,
æː
ɛ a lad, bad, cat
ɑː(ɹ) ɑɹ aː(ɹ) ɐː(ɹ) arm, car
ʌ ʌ a ɐ ʌ run, enough
ɒ ɑ ɔ ɒ ɔ not, wasp
ɔː ɔ law, caught
ʊ ʊ ʊ ʊ ʉ put, wood
ʊu ʊu ʉː ʉː soon, through
ə ə ə ɘ ə about
ə(ɹ) ɚ/ɹ̩ ə(ɹ) ɘ(ɹ) əɾ winner
 
IPA: English Diphthongs
æɪ æe e day, pain
ɑe ɑe my, wise
ɔɪ ɔɪ oe ? boy
əʊ əʉ ɐʉ o no, tow
æɔ æo now
ɪə(ɹ) ɪɹ ɪə(ɹ) iə(ɹ) near, here
eə(ɹ) ɛɹ eː(ɹ) eə(ɹ) hair, there
ʊə(ɹ) ɔɹ oː(ɹ) oː(ɹ) tore
ʊɹ, ɔɹ ʊə(ɹ),
ʉːə(ɹ)
ʊə(ɹ),
ʉːə(ɹ)
tour

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA Explanation
ˈ Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example rapping /ˈɹæpɪŋ/
ˌ Secondary stress/full vowel, for example /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
. Syllable separator, for example ice cream /aɪs.krim/ vs. I scream /aɪ.skrim/
 ̩ Syllabic consonant, for example ridden /ˈɹɪdn̩/

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