International Phonetic Alphabet

Vowels Diphthongs
i ɪ ʊ u eɪ ɛ
sheep ship good shoot space air

e ǝ ɜr ͻ ɔɪ oʊ
bed about bird law join go

æ ʌ ɑ ɒ aɪ aʊ
cat cut father on five out
Consonants

b d f g h j
lab lady find flag hello yellow

k l m n ŋ p
back litle lemon ten fnger map

r s ʃ t tʃ θ
try miss crash geting church both

ð v w z ʒ dʒ
mother fve window lazy pleasure large
Short Vowels

IPA Symbol Word examples

e Went, intend, send, letter.

æ Cat, hand, nap, flat, have.

ʌ Fun, love, money, one, London, come.

ʊ Put, look, should, cook, book, look.

ɒ Rob, top, watch, squat, sausage.

ə Alive, again, mother.

Long Vowels

IPA Symbol Word examples

i: Need, beat, team.

ɜ: Nurse, heard, third, turn.

ɔ: Talk, law, bored, yawn, jaw.

u: Few, boot, lose, gloomy, fruit, chew.

ɑ: Fast, car, hard, bath.

Diphthong Vowels

IPA Symbol Word examples

ɪə Near, ear, clear, tear, beer, fear

eə Hair, there, care, stairs, pear

eɪ Face, space, rain , case, eight

ɔɪ Joy, employ, toy, coil, oyster.

aɪ My, sight, pride, kind, flight

əʊ No, don’t, stones, alone, hole

aʊ Mouth, house, brown, cow, out

Consonants Sounds: Fricatives

IPA Symbol Word examples

f Full, Friday, fish, knife.

v Vest, village, view, cave.

θ Thought, think, Bath.

ð There, those, brothers, others.

z Zoo, crazy, lazy, zigzag, nose.

ʃ Shirt, rush, shop, cash.

ʒ Television, delusion, casual

h High, help, hello.

Consonants Sounds: Plosives

IPA Symbol Word examples

p Pin, cap, purpose, pause.

b Bag, bubble, build, robe.

t Time, train, tow, late.

d Door, day, drive, down, feed.

k Cash, quick, cricket, sock.

g Girl, green, grass, flag.

Consonants Sounds: Affricates

IPA Symbol Word examples

ʈʃ Choose, cheese, church, watch.

dʒ Joy, juggle, juice, stage.

Consonants Sounds: Nasals

IPA Symbol Word examples

m Room, mother, mad, more.

n Now, nobody, knew, turn.

ŋ King, thing, song, swimming.

vowels
IPA examples listen
ʌ CU P, LU CK AM

ɑ: A RM, FA THER AM BR

æ CA T, BLA CK AM

e ME T, BE D AM 1

ə A WAY, CINE MA AM 2
consonants
IPA examples listen
vowels
b B AD, LA B
IPA examples AM
listen
d
ɜ:ʳ D ID ,N,
LAD Y N AM
AM BR
TUR LEAR 2

ɪf F
HIIND,
T, SIIF
TTI NG AM AM

g
i: G IVE,
SEE FLATG
, HEA AM AM

h
ɒ H OW, H ELLO AM
AM BR
HO T, RO CK 3

j
ɔ: Y ES, AM
CA LL,Y ELLOW
FOU R AM BR 45

k
ʊ C
PUAT,
T, BACK
COUL D AM AM

l
u: L EG, L
BLUE , ITT
FOOLD
E AM AM

m
aɪ M
FIAN,
VE, LEM
EYE ON AM AM

n
aʊ N O, TEN
NOW , OU T AM AM

ŋ
eɪ SING
SAY , ,EIGH
FIN GER
T AM AM

p
oʊ P
GOET, MAP
, HO ME AM AM 6

r
ɔɪ R ED,, JOI
BOY TR YN AM AM 8

s
eəʳ S UN, MISS AM
AM BR
WHERE , AIR 17

ʃ
ɪəʳ SH E, CRASH AM
AM BR
NEAR , HERE 7

t
ʊəʳ T EA, GETT ING AM 9
PURE , TOUR IST AM BR 7

tʃ CH ECK, CH URCH AM

θ TH INK, BOTH AM

ð TH IS, MOTH ER AM

v V OICE, FIVE AM

w W ET, W INDOW AM

z Z OO, LAZ Y AM

ʒ PLEAS URE, VI SI ON AM

dʒ J UST, LAR GE AM