THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET

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CONSONANTS VOWELS
FRICATIVES DIPHTHONGS PURE VOWELS
unvoiced voiced aʊ mouth i eat
f for v very oʊ go ɪ it
ʃ shy ʒ pleasure eɪ face æ hat
s so z zoo aɪ price ɛ let
θ thing ð this ɔɪ boy ʊ foot
h hotel ju cute u goose
STOPS R-CONTROLLED VOWELS ʌ up
unvoiced voiced ɝ earth ə about
t take/hot d day/bad ɚ farmer ɑ got
p please/hop b bye/job ɔɹ north o cold
k king/walk g go/bag ɑɹ star
LIQUIDS NASALS iɹ hero
ɹ read m mad ɛɹ chair
l late n no
ɫ milk ŋ thing MISCELLANEOUS
STOP + FRICATIVES GLIDES DIACRITICS
tʃ chair j yes ʔ glottal stop uh-oh
dʒ job w way ʰ aspirated take
FLAPS ◌̚ no release sudden
syllabic
ɾ butter ◌̩ consonant sudden
‘ primary stress

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