English IPA Tables
*Based upon American English Pronunciation
 

Consonant Sounds

 

 

lips together

bottom lip - teeth

tongue - teeth

tongue on toothridge

hard palate

back of tongue on soft palate

throat

 

VL VD

  VL VD

  VL VD

  VL VD

  VL VD

  VL VD

  VL

stop

 p   b

 

 

t    d

 

k   g

 

fricative

 

f   v

θ   ð

s    z

ʃ  ʒ

 

  h

affricate

 

 

 

 

ʧ  ʤ

 

 

nasal

          m

 

 

           n

 

       ŋ

 

liquid

 

 

 

             l

             r

 

 

glide

 

 

 

 

             y

          w

 

b

bad, lab

d

did, lady

f

find, if

g

give, flag

h

how, hello

j

yes, yellow

k

cat, back

l

leg, little

m

man, lemon

n

no, ten

N

sing, finger

p

pet, map

r

red, try

s

sun, miss

S

she, crash

t

tea, getting

tS

check, church

th

think, both

TH

this, mother

v

voice, five

w

wet, window

z

zoo, lazy

Z

pleasure, vision

dZ

just, large

  Vowel Sounds  

 

front

central

back

high

 seat /i/

             sit /ɪ/

 

                        do /u/

        book /ʊ/
 

mid

     
  say /e/

           met /ɛ/
 

   
      sofa /ə/

             but/ʌ/

      
                          no /o/

          ball /ɔ/

low

            


           cat /ae/

             

 

 


          pot  /a/

^

cup, luck

a:

arm, father

@

cat, black

e

met, bed

..

away, cinema

i

hit, sitting

i

see, heat

o:

call, four

ʊ

put, could

u:

blue, food

ai

five, eye

au

now, out

ou

go, home

ei

say, eight

oi

boy, join