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A brief guide to IPA use for English
/ə briːf gaıd tu aı pi eı juːs fɔ iŋglıʃ/
by Robert Brady <rwb197@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
/baı rɒbət breıdi/
Normal letters. These letters have their usual English values.
/nɔːməl lɛtəz ðiːz lɛtəz hæv ðeə juʒəl ıŋglıʃ væljuːz/
m p b n t d k g f v s z h w l r
Other letters. These letters either do not exist usually, or have different values
/əðə lɛtəz ðiːz lɛtəz aıðə du nɒt ɛgzıst juːʒəli ɔ hæv dıfrənt valjuːz/
/θ/ - the "th" in thin /ð/ - the "th" in those
/ʃ/ - the "sh" in ship /ʒ/ - the "s" in measure
/ŋ/ - the "ng" in king /j/ - the "y" in you
/ʧ/ - the "ch" in church /ʤ/ - the "j" in judge
/ʔ/ - glottal stop /ɾ/ - tap
/ç/ - the "ch" in loch /ʇ/ - dental percussive
Vowels
/vaʊlz/
short vowels
/ʃɔːt vaʊlz/
/æ/ - the "a" in cat /ɒ/ - the "o" in cot
/ı/ - the "i" in kit /ɛ/ - the "e" in get
/ʌ/ - the "u" in up /ə/ - the "a" in above
/ʊ/ - the "u" in pull
long vowels
/lɒŋ vaʊlz/
/ɑ/ - the "ar" in cart /ɔ/ - the "or" in cord
/i/ - the "ee" in keen /u/ - the "u" in cute
/ɜ/ - the "ur" in kurt
diphthongs or glides
/dıfθɒŋz ɔ glaıdz/
/aı/ - the "i" in kite /eı/ - the "a" in cake
/ɔı/ - the "oi" in coil /aʊ/ - the "ou" in out
/əʊ/ - the "o" in no /eə/ - the "air" in chair
/iə/ - the "eer" in cheer /aıə/ - the "igher" in higher
/eıə/ - the "ayer" in payer /ɔıə/ - the "oyer" in toyer
/aʊə/ - the "our" in "hour" /əʊə/ - the "ower" in "mower"
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