Phonemes in English
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listen4kristen on October 11, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 b | buy, cab |
| d | dye, cad, do |
| ð | thy, breathe, father |
| dʒ | giant, badge, jam |
| f | phi, caff, fan |
| ɡ | guy, bag |
| h | high, ahead |
| j | yes, yacht |
| k | sky, crack |
| l | lie, sly, gal |
| m | my, smile, cam |
| n | nigh, snide, can |
| ŋ | sang, sink, singer |
| ŋɡ | finger, anger |
| θ | thigh, math |
| p | pie, spy, cap |
| r | rye, try, very[2] |
| s | sigh, mass |
| ʃ | shy, cash, emotion |
| t | tie, sty, cat, atom |
| tʃ | China, catch |
| v | vie, have |
| w | wye, swine |
| hw | why |
| z | zoo, has |
| ʒ | pleasure, vision, beige |
| x | ugh, loch, Chanukah |
| ʔ | uh-oh |
| ɑ | palm, father, bra, lot, pod, John |
| ɑr | start, bard, barn, snarl, star |
| æ | trap, pad, shall, ban |
| ær | barrow, marry |
| aj | price, ride, file, fine, pie |
| ajər | Ireland, sapphire |
| aw | mouth, loud, foul, down, how |
| awər | hour |
| ɛ | dress, bed, fell, men |
| ɛr | error, merry |
| ej | face, made, fail, vein, pay |
| ɛər | square, scared, scarce, cairn, Mary |
| ɪ | kit, lid, fill, bin |
| ɪr | mirror, Sirius |
| i | fleece, seed, feel, mean, sea |
| ɪər | near, beard, fierce, serious |
| ɔ | thought, Maud, dawn, fall, straw |
| ɔr | north, born, war, Laura |
| ɔj | choice, void, foil, coin, boy |
| ow | goat, code, foal, bone, go |
| ʊ | foot, good, full, woman |
| ʊr | courier |
| u | goose, food, fool, soon, chew, do |
| ʊər | boor, moor, tourist |
| ju | cued, cute, mule, tune, queue, you |
| jʊər | cure |
| ʌ | strut, mud, dull, gun |
| ʌr | borough, hurry |
| ɜr | nurse, word, girl, fern, furry |
| ə | suppose, Rosa's, a mission, comma, collide, telegraph, about |
| ər | letter, perform |
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