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AMERICAN ENGLISH

VOWELS AND
CONSONANTS
VOWELS
[ɑ]: arm, car

[ɛ]: bed, went

[ᴐ]: taught, talk

[i]: see, team


VOWELS
[ɪ]: hit, if

[ʌ]: luck, fun

[æ]: cat, nap

[ə]: away, again


VOWELS
[ʊ]: put, look

[u]: food, boot

[ɜ]: turn, first


CONSONANTS
[d]: did, day

[v]: voice, ever

[t]: tea, time

[f]: if, false


CONSONANTS
[b]: big, beach

[g]: give, go

[p]: pet, part

[k]: cold, quite


CONSONANTS
[θ]: both, death

[s]: seed, yes

[ð]: that, those

[z]: zoo, music


CONSONANTS
[ʃ]: selfish, she

[tʃ]: check, teacher

[ʒ]: pleasure, garage

[dʒ]: just, age


CONSONANTS
[h]: her, hall

[j]: universe, yet

[ɹ]: paradise, right

[m]: mother, more


CONSONANTS
[n]: nun, number

[l]: life, long

[ŋ]: finger, think

[w]: wet, were

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