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Guide to IPA Symbols

Vowels
æ ask bat glad
ɑ: cot bomb caught paw
ɛ bet fed
ə about banana collide
i very any thirty
i: eat bead bee
ɪ id bid pit
ʊ foot should put
u: boot two coo
ʌ under putt bud
ɚ merge bird further
eɪ eight wade bay
aɪ ice bite tie
aʊ out gown plow
oɪ oyster coil boy
oʊ oat own zone blow
ɑɚ car heart bizarre
eɚ bare fair wear
iɚ near deer mere pier
oɚ boar port door shore
uɚ boor tour insure
ɒ British cot bomb
ɔ: British caught paw port
ə: British merge bird
əʊ British oat own zone blow
ɪə British near deer
ɛə British bare fair
ʊə British boor tour
Consonants
b baby labor cab
d day kid
ʤ just badger fudge
ð then either bathe
f foe tough buff
g go dagger bag
h hot ahead
j yes vineyard
k lacquer flock skin
l law hollow
l̟ pedal battle final
m mat hemp hammer rim
n new tent tenor run
n̩ button satin kitten
ŋ rung hang swinger
p lapse top lip speed
r rope arrive
s sad mist kiss
ʃ shoe mission slush
t mat stick late
tʰ toe attack
ɾ later catty riddle
tʃ batch nature
tʃʰ choose chin achieve
θ thin ether bath
v vat never cave
w wet software
z zoo easy buzz
ʒ vision azure beige
Other Symbols
' penmanship
ˌ penmanship
British indicates British pronunciation variant
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