Saturday, 27 September 2014




Vowels
Long Vowels
iː          sheep
aː          farm
uː         coo
ɔː         horse
ɜː         bird

Short Vowels
ɪ           ship     
e           head
æ          hat       
ə          above
ʊ          foot     
ɚ         mother (US)
ɒ          sock (UK)        
ɝ          worm (US)
ʌ          cup                  

Consonants
Voiced
b          book
d          day
ɡ          give
v          very
ð          the
z           zoo
ʒ          vision
dʒ         jump
l           look
r           run
j           yes
w          we
m         moon
n          name
ŋ          sing

Voiceless
p          pen
t           town
k          cat
f           fish
θ          think
s           say
ʃ           she
tʃ          cheese

Diphthongs
eɪ         day
aɪ         eye
ɔɪ         boy
aʊ         mouth
əʊ        nose (UK)
oʊ        nose (US)
ɪə         ear (UK)
eə         hair (UK)
ʊə        pure (UK)

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