Learner Resource 4
List of Phonemic Symbols and Signs (RP)
1. CONSONANTS OF ENGLISH
/ f / — fat, rough
/ l / — loud, kill, play
/v/ — very, village, love
/j / — you, pure
/ ɵ / — theatre, thank, athlete
/w / — one, when, sweet
/ð/ — this, them, with, either
/ r / — rim, bread
/s / — sing, thinks, losses
/z / — zoo, beds, easy
/ʃ/ — sugar, bush
/3 / — pleasure, beige
/ h / — high, hit, behind
/p / — pit, top, spit
/ t/ — tip, pot, steep
/ k/ — keep, tick, scare
/ b / — bad, rub
/d / — bad, dim
/ᶃ / — gun, big
/ tf / — church, lunch
/d3 / — judge, gin, jury
/m/ — mad, jam, small
/n / — man, no, snow
/ ŋ / — singer, long
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2. PURE VOWELS OF ENGLISH
/ i: / — beat, keep
/i / — bit, tip, busy
/e / — bet, many
/re / — bat
/A/ — cup, son, blood
/ ɑ:/ — car, heart, calm, aunt
/ ɒ / — pot, want
/ ɔ:/ — port, saw, talk
/ə/ — about
/3: / — word, bird
/υ / — book, wood, put
/ u: / — food, soup, rude
3. DIPHTHONGS OF ENGLISH
/ ei / — late, day, great
/ai / — time, high, die
/ɔi / — boy, noise
/aυ / — cow, house, town
/əυ/ — boat, home, know
/iə / — ear, here
/ eə / — air, care, chair
/υə / — jury, cure
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