American English Phonetic

Consona Symbols
nts

[ pig [pig [θ thin [θiŋk] [h ha [hæ

p ] ] k ] nd nd]
]
[ box [bɑk [ð] this [ðis] [ m [mæ
b s] m an n]
] ]
[ tim [tai [s] sun [sʌn] [n no [nou
t e m] ] se z]
]
[ dog [dɔg [z] zoo [zu:] [ŋ wi [wiŋ
d ] ] ng ]
]
[ c [kæt [ʃ] shoe [ʃuː [r ru [rʌn
k a ] ] ] n ]
] t
[ g [gou [Ʒ] trea [tré ʒǝ [l] lig [lait
g o ] sure r] ht ]
]
[f fac [feis [tʃ chai [tʃεǝr [j] ye [jiǝr
] e ] ] r ] ar ]
[ vas [veis [d juice [dʒu [w w [wes
v e ] Ʒ] ːs] ] es t]
] t

Vowels

Diphthon
Monophthongs (single, pure gs (two
vowel sound)
vowel
sounds
joined in one
syllable)
[ fee [fi:t [ǝ bird [bǝrd [ai eye [
i t ] ] ] ] a
: i
] ]
[i fis [fiʃ [ two [tu:] [a mo [mau
] h ]] u: u] use s]
]
[ be [be [ boo [buk] [ɔi toy [tɔi]
e d d] u k ]
] ]
[ app [æp [ɔ ball [bɔl] [ju you [
æ le l] ] ] j
] u
]
[ su [sʌ [ɑ ma [m'ɑ [ei cak [keik
ʌ n n] ] ma mɑ] ] e ]
]
[ aliv [ǝl' [o go [gou
ǝ e aiv] u] ]
]