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.
- RP = Received Pronunciation (UK)
- GA = General American
- AuE = Australian English
- NZE = New Zealand English
- ScE = Scottish English
- SAE = South African English
- Note: An IPA Chart for English 2.png is also available.
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| 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/ | |
Notes
See also
- Kinesthetic English-IPA Vowel Wheel.PNG - a subjective schematic of English vowel sounds as pronounced in a General American accent.
- NATO phonetic alphabet - also known as the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet or military alphabet. The NATO phonetic alphabet is often confused with the IPA because of the occurrence of "phonetic" in its name. However, the NATO alphabet is a cipher of the Latin alphabet, while the IPA strives for one-to-one representation of the sounds of all spoken languages.
- Phonetic alphabets (military)
- Pronunciation respelling for English
- SAMPA chart for English
- English phonology
References
- Gimson, A. C. (1980). An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English. 3rd edn., London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6287-2.
- Kenyon, John Samuel (1950). American Pronunciation. 10th edn., Ann Arbor: George Wahr.
- Kenyon, John S.; Thomas A. Knott (1944/1953). A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-047-7.
- Wells, J. C. (2000). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. 2nd edn., Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 0-582-36468-X.
External links
- Learning the IPA for English, (Standard American English)
- Online keyboard with MP3 sound files for IPA symbols
- IPA chart with AIFF sound files for IPA symbols
- IPA chart with MP3 sound files for all IPA symbols on the chart (limited version is available to anyone)
- The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2005) Symbols for all languages are shown on this one-page chart.
- lexconvert a GPL command-line program to convert between Unicode IPA and the ASCII notations of various English speech synthesizers
- LONGMAN Dictionary of Contemporary English ONLINE uses IPA.
- Online IPA editor for English
- Online/Offline IPA editor for English
- IPA transcription systems for English — discussion by John C. Wells of RP transcriptions
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