The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet

Vowels
IPA Words Listen
^ mug, duck mug duck
a: farm, father farm father
@ black, cat black cat
e pet, fed pet fed
.. awhile, ago awhile ago
e:(r) burn, earn burn earn
i sit, fitting sit fitting
i: see, heat see heat
o spot, stock spot stock
o: fall, four fall four
u put, could put could
u: blue, tooth blue tooth
ai dive, live dive live
au now, shout now shout
ou go, home go home
e..(r) where, hair where hair
ei say, eight say eight
i..(r) fear, tear fear tear
oi toy, coin toy coin
u..(r) sure, tourist sure tourist
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Consonants
IPA Words Listen
b bed, grub bed grub  
d damn, mad dam mad  
f fill, fish fill fish  
g guess, dog guess dog  
h hut, hill hut hill  
j tokiyo, yoyo tokiyo yoyo  
k cat, sack cat sack  
l lost, land lost land  
m men, mass men mass  
n nice, note nice note  
N wing, thing wing thing  
p pop, mop pop mop  
r run, fryrun fry  
s son, slip son slip  
S share, mash share mash  
t tight, setting tight setting  
tS cheap, search cheap search  
th thick, cloth thick cloth  
TH that, brother that brother  
v viva, voice viva voice  
w wind, well wind well  
z zip, crazy zip crazy  
Z measure, fusion measure fusion  
dZ just, large just large  

Midterm Assignment created by Sarah Bammanage Perera