| IPA: English Consonants
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| IPA | Examples
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| p
| pen, tip
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| b
| but, web
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| t
| two, bet
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| d
| do, odd
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| tʃ
| chair, nature, teach
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| dʒ
| gin, joy, edge
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| k
| cat, kill, queen, thick
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| g
| go, get, beg
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| f
| fool, enough, leaf
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| v
| voice, have
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| θ
| thing, with
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| ð
| this, breathe
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| s
| see, city, pass
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| z
| zoo, rose
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| ʃ
| she, sure, emotion, leash
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| ʒ
| pleasure, beige
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| h
| ham
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| m
| man, ham
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| n
| no, tin
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| ŋ
| singer, ring
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| l
| left
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| ɫ
| milk, bell (dark l)
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| ɹ
| run, very
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| ɾ
| better (US)
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| w
| we
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| j
| yes
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| ʔ
| bottle (Cockney), kitten (US)
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| ʍ
| what (Scottish)
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| x
| loch (Scottish)
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| IPA: English Vowels
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| IPA | Examples
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| RP | US | AU |
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| ɑː | ɑ | ɐː
| father
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| iː | i | iː
| see
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| ɪ | ɪ | ɪ
| city
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| ɛ | ɛ | e
| bed
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| ɜː | ɝ | ɜː
| bird
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| æ | æ | æ
| lad, cat
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| ɑː | ɑɹ | ɐː
| arm
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| ʌ | ʌ (or ə) | ɐ
| run, enough
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| ɒ | ɑ | ɔ
| not, wasp
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| ɔː | ɔ | oː
| law, caught
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| ʊ | ʊ | ʊ
| put
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| uː | u | ʉː
| soon, through
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| ə | ə | ə
| about
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| ə | ɚ | ə
| winner
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| IPA: English Diphthongs
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| IPA | Examples
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| RP | US | AU |
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| eɪ | e(ɪ) | æɪ
| day
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| aɪ | aɪ | ɑe
| my
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| ɔɪ | ɔɪ | ɔɪ
| boy
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| əʊ | o(ʊ) | əʉ
| no
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| aʊ | aʊ | æɔ
| now
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| ɪə | iɹ | ɪə
| near, here
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| ɛə | ɛɹ | eː
| hair, there
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| ʊə | ʊɹ | ʊə
| tour
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| juː | ju | jʉː
| pupil
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