| ɑ: |
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as in father ('fɑ:ðə), alms (ɑ:mz), clerk (klɑ:k), heart (hɑ:t), sergeant ('sɑ:dʒənt) |
| æ |
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as in act (ækt), Caedmon ('kædmən), plait (plæt) |
| aɪ |
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as in dive (daɪv), aisle (aɪl), guy (gaɪ), might (maɪt), rye (raɪ) |
| aɪə |
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as in fire (faɪə), buyer ('baɪə), liar ('laɪə), tyre ('taɪə) |
| aʊ |
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as in out (aʊt), bought (baʊ), crowd (kraʊd), slouch (slaʊtʃ) |
| aʊə |
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as in flour ('flaʊə), cower ('kaʊə), flower ('flaʊə), sour ('saʊə) |
| ɛ |
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as in bet (bɛt), bury ('bɛrɪ), heifer ('hɛfə), said (sɛd), says (sɛz) |
| eɪ |
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as in paid (peɪd), day (deɪ), deign (deɪn), gauge (geɪdʒ) |
| ɛə |
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as in bear (bɛə), dare (dɛə), prayer (prɛə), stairs (stɛəz), where (wɛə) |
| g |
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as in get (gɛt), give (gɪv), ghoul (gu:l), guard (gɑ:d), examine (ɪg'zæmɪn) |
| ɪ |
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as in pretty ('prɪtɪ), build (bɪld), busy ('bɪzɪ), nymph (nɪmf), pocket ('pɒkɪt),
sieve ('sɪv), women ('wɪmɪn)
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| i: |
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as in see (si:), aesthete ('i:sθi:t), evil ('i:vəl), magazine (ˌmægə'zi:n),
receive (ri'si:v), siege (si:dʒ)
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| ɪə |
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as in fear (fɪə), beer (bɪə), mere (mɪə), tier (tɪə) |
| j |
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as in yes (jɛs), onion ('ʌnjən), vignette (vɪ'njɛt) |
| ɒ |
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as in pot (pɒt), botch (bɒtʃ), sorry ('sɒrɪ) |
| əʊ |
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as in note (nəʊt), beau (bəʊ), dough (dəʊ), hoe (həʊ), slow (sləʊ), yeoman ('jəʊmən) |
| ɔ: |
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as in thaw (θɔ:), broad (brɔ:d), drawer ('dɔ:ə), fault (fɔ:lt), halt (hɔ:lt), organ ('ɔ:gən) |
| ɔɪ |
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as in void (vɔɪd), boy (bɔɪ), destroy (dɪ'strɔɪ) |
| ʊ |
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as in pull (pʊl), good (gʊd), should (ʃʊd), woman ('wʊmən) |
| u: |
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as in zoo (zu:), do (du:), queue (kju:), shoe (ʃu:), spew (spju:), true (tru:), you (ju:) |
| ʊə |
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as in poor (pʊə), skewer (skjʊə), sure (ʃʊə) |
| ə |
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as in potter ('pɒtə), alone (ə'ləʊn), furious ('fjʊərɪəs), nation ('neɪʃən), the (ðə) |
| ɜ: |
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as in fern (fɜ:n), burn (bɜ:n), fir (fɜ:), learn (lɜ:n), term (tɜ:m) |
| ʌ |
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as in cut (cʌt), flood (flʌd), rough (rʌf), son (sʌn) |
| ʃ |
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as in ship (ʃɪp), election (ɪ'lɛkʃən), machine (mə'ʃi:n), mission ('mɪʃən), pressure ('prɛʃə),
schedule ('ʃɛdju:l), sugar ('ʃʊgə)
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| ʒ |
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as in treasure ('trɛʒə), azure ('æʒə), closure ('kləʊʒə), evasion (ɪ'veɪʒən) |
| tʃ |
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as in chew (tʃu:), nature ('neɪtʃə) |
| dʒ |
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as in jaw (dʒɔ:), adjective ('ædʒɪktɪv), lodge (lɒdʒ), soldier ('səʊldʒə), usage ('ju:sɪdʒ) |
| θ |
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as in thin (θɪn), strenght (strɛŋθ), three (θri:) |
| ð |
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as in these (ði:z), bathe (beɪð), lather ('lɑ:ðə) |
| ŋ |
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as in sing (sɪn), finger ('fɪngə), sling (slɪn) |
| ə |
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indicates that the following consonant(l or n) is syllabic, as in bundle ('bʌndəl), button ('bʌtən) |
| x |
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as in Scottish loch (lɒx) |
| əɪ |
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as in Scottish aye (əɪ), bile (bəɪl), byke (bəɪk) |