TRANSCRIPTION FOR VOWEL SOUNDS

Basic Rules of Transcription

No double phonemes. For example cool /ku:l/ u will not be used twice.
No c in phonetics. Instead we use /s/ as in cent /sent/
No q in phonetics. Instead /kw/ is used as in queen /kwi:n/
No x is phonetics. Instead / Iks/ is used as in fix /fIks/

/:/
Instead of ar, use /:/
Bar

/b:/

car /k:/

Far

Mar

/m:/

par /p:/

Cart

/k:t/

sharp

/f:/
card /k:d/

/:p/

farm /f:m/

Between consonants, if 'a' occurs, instead of a,

use //
Hand

/hnd/

land /lnd/

Sand /snd/

Clap /klp/

Fat /ft/

cat /kt/

band/bnd/
pad /pd/
mad /md/

Instead of ee, and mostly instead of ea, use the

symbol /i:/
Sweet /swi:t/
/si:t/

meet /mi:t/

Neat /ni:t/

beat /bi:t/

sheet /i:t/

seat

Instead of oo, use the symbol // or /u:/

Look /lk/

cook /kk/

took /tk/

Cool /ku:l/

tool /tu:l/

food /fu:d/

Instead of ng, use the symbol / /

King /kI/

Ring /rI/

Cling /kI/

Bring

thing /I/
/brI/

Instead of igh, write /aI/

Right

/raIt/

light /laIt/

fight /faIt/

night /naIt/

Plurals and Third Person Singular

If the sound before s is voiced then instead of s write the /z/
symbol.
Example: buds /bdz/

stems

/stemz/

If the sound before s is voiceless, then the sound remains /s/

Books

/lks/

Hits /hIts/