Pronunciation Chart American English
Vowels
і
ɪ
ʊ
Diphthongs
u
eɪ
feet, eat, me
fit, bin, ill
pool, ooze, you
æ
about, open, item
coin, boy, oil
show, road, no
cup, bug, up
ɑ
boat, oboe, rope
bat, sad, and
ʌ
bird, earth, her
o
gate, aim, day
head, bet, end
ə
pull, look, good
father, park, art
cloth, wrong, frog
light, ice, buy
sound, out, now
b
t
d
k
g
e
Consonants
p
ɝ
ɔɪ
aɪ
ɔ
tʃ
dʒ
oʊ aʊ
ʒ
pen, happy, rip
f
bar, about, rib
top, better, write
day, ladder, ride
cat, account, back
go, August, bag
m
very, over, of
when, what, away
j
genre, usual, garage
red, arrive, tree
w
ship, fishing, wash
light, alone, hall
r
zip, Tuesday, buzz
hanger, singer, thing
l
sit, essay, bus
now, under, sun
ŋ
the, mother, bathe
man, amount, him
n
think, nothing, bath
s
job, adjective, hedge
four, affect, off
ð
chip, teacher, watch
yes, yellow, kayak
heart, hold, ahead
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