Key to Sound Symbols
Vowels
Key Words
Clear Speech
Cambridge
Pronunciation
Perfect
Textbook
Dictionary of
Power 2 (on
Pronunciation DVD
American
Success Center
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Phonetic Alphabet
cake, mail, pay
/eʸ/
/eɪ/
ey
ay as in ate
pan, bat, hand
/æ/
/æ/
æ
a as in at
tea, feet, key
/iʸ/
/i:/
iy
ee as in eat
ten, well, red
/ɛ/
/e/
E
eh as in egg
ice, pie, night
/aʸ/
/ai/
ay
ī as in eye
is, fish, will
/ɪ/
/ɪ/
ɪ
i as in it
cone, road, know
/oʷ/
/oʊ/
oʷ
oh as in go
top, rock, stop
/a/
/a/
ɔ
aw as in all
blue, school, new, cube,
/uʷ/
/u:/
uʷ
ōō as in ooze
yoo as in few
few
cup, us, love
/ʌ/
/ʌ/
ə
uh as in up
house, our, cow
/aʷ/
/aʊ/
aʷ
ow as in now
saw, talk, applause
/ɔ/
/ɔ:/
ɔ
ah as in on
boy, coin, join
/ɔʸ/
/ɔɪ/
oy
oi as in boy
put, book, woman
/ʊ/
/ʊ/
U
ŏŏ as in book
/ə/
/ə/
ə
uh as in up
earn, burn, fern
---
/ɜr/
ər
er as in earn
hear, cheer, year
---
/ɪr/
ir
ear as in hear
care, fair, wear
---
/er/, /ær/
---
air as in care
for, door, soar
---
/ɔ:r/, /oʊr/
ɔr
or as in for
sure, Europe, tour
---
/ʊr/, ʊər/
---
ŏŏr as in sure
alone, open, pencil,
atom, ketchup
Consonants
Key Words
Clear Speech
Cambridge
Pronunciation
Perfect
Textbook
Dictionary of
Power 2 (on
Pronunciation DVD
American
Success Center
English/International computers)
Phonetic Alphabet
bid, job
/b/
/b/
b
b as in buy
do, feed
/d/
/d/
d
d as in dog
food, safe
/f/
/f/
f
f as in feel
go, dog
/g/
/g/
g
g as in go
home, behind
/h/
/h/
h
h as in house
kiss, back
/k/
/k/
k
k as in keep
load, pool
/l/
/l/
l
l as in like
man, plum
/m/
/m/
m
m as in me
need, open
/n/
/n/
n
n as in no
pen, hope
/p/
/p/
p
p as in pay
road, card
/r/
/r/
r, ar
r as in red
ar as in star
see, recent
/s/
/s/
s
s as in sit
show, nation
/ʃ/
/ʃ/
S
sh as in she
team, meet
/t/
/t/
t
t as in talk
choose, watch
/ʧ/
/ʧ/
tS
ch as in chew
think, both
/Ɵ/
/Ɵ/
Ɵ
th as in think
this, father
/ð/
/ð/
ð
th as in these
visit, save
/v/
/v/
v
v as in vote
watch, away
/w/
/w/
w
w as in we
wh as in when
yes, onion
/y/
/y/
y
y as in you
zoo, these
/z/
/z/
z
z as in zoo
beige, measure
/ʒ/
/ʒ/
ʒ
zh as in beige
jump, bridge
/ʤ/
/ʤ/
ʤ
j as in jump
hang, sing
---
/ŋ/
ŋ
ng as in sing