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ENGLISH PHONEMIC INVENTORY

Sounds Examples
/p/ pay pie play upper top
/b/ buy blow break obey tab
/m/ mention mall small same some
/w/ why wonder awake
/f/ ferry fry flow affect cough life  voiceless Labiodental fricative
/v/ very every live leave  voiced labiodental fricative
/θ/ thank thought everything health tenth  voiceless dental fricative
/ð/ though without whether both  voiced dental fricative
/t/ tie troop meeting attain pot meat bet
/d/ die dry drop ladder middle mad bed
/s/ smooth search listen mistake rice kiss  voiceless alveolar fricative
/z/ zip zoo easy busy lazy loose apologize  voiced alveolar fricative
/l/ law like apply follow fall kill
/r/ rice write pronounce produce star stir
/ʃ/ sharp sheep shake machine special fashion wash rush  voiceless palatal fricative
/Ʒ/ genre vision mission pleasure measure  voiced palatal fricative
/ʧ/ cheer choose chair teacher touchable match watch teach  voiceless palatal
affricate
/ʤ/ join general energy judgment language judge  voiced palatal affricate
/j/ yellow young loyal
/k/ captain capture collect kill key cry fact seek sick
/g/ girl guide green gloom bigger begger bag tag
/ŋ/ language lungs singer tongue
/h/ huge hard  glottal fricative

3. haɪlɪ mɔtɪveɪtɪd

4. flaɪjɪŋ wɪ ðaʊt wɪŋz

5. nеʊ peɪn, nеʊ geɪn

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