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ESL Praxis-Phonetic Alphabet

Terms in this set (44)

θ
th (think, both)
ν
v (voice or five)
b
b (bad, lab)
d
d (did, lady)
f
f (find, if)
g
g (give, flag)
h
h (how, hello)
j
y (yes, yellow)
k
c (cat, back)
l
l (leg, little)
m
m (man, lemon)
n
n (no, ten)
æ
sounds like the a in ...cat and black (vowel)
ŋ
ng sound as in sing, and finger
^
u sound as in cup and luck (vowel)
p
p sound as in pet and map
r
r sound as in red and try
s
s sound as in sun and miss
t
t sound as in tea and getting
w
w sound as in wet, and window
z
z sound as in zoo, and lazy
ə
ah sound as in away and cinema (vowel)
ð
voiced th sound as in this and mother
e
e sound as in met and bed (vowel)
I
i sound as in hit and sitting (vowel)
i:
ee sound as in see and heat (vowel)
a:
a sound as in arm and father (vowel)
eə
air sound as in where and air (vowel)
u:
oo sound as in blue and food (vowel)
aɪ
i sound as in five and eye (vowel)
aʊ
ow sound as in now and out (vowel)
ʊ
ou sound as in put and could (vowel)
oʊ or əʊ
oh sound as in go and home (vowel)
ɪə
ea sound as in near or hear (vowel)
ʊə
ou sound as in pure and tourist (vowel)
eɪ
ay sound as in say or eight (vowel)
ɒ
ah sound as in hot and rock (vowel)
ɔ:
oh sound as in four (vowel)
ɔɪ
oi sound as in boy and join (vowel)
ɜ:
er sound as in turn and learn (vowel)
ʃ
sh sound as in she and crash
tʃ
ch sound as in check or church
ʒ
voiced zh sound as in pleasure, and vision
dʒ
j sound as in just and large
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