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| Vowels: | ——————MONOPTHONGS—————— | ————DIPTHONGS———— | |||||||
| EE | I | →OO← | ←OO→ | EER | AIR | OOUR | |||
| iː | ɪ | ʊ | uː | ɪə | eə | ʊə | |||
| sheep | ship | put | rude, dew | cheer | air | sure* | |||
| seat, chief | sip | good | food | here | weir | where | poor* | |||
| ha'ppy | hymn | wool | fool | hear | tier | bear | tour'ist | |||
| E | UH | UR | OR | OW↓ | OA↑ | ||||
| ɛ: | ə "schwa" |
ɜː | ɔː | aʊ | oʊ | ||||
| bet | tea'cher | bird | form | more | howl | foam | ||||
| said | a'bout | earth | walk | call | foul | throw | ||||
| (square) | urn | her | mourn | out | a'go | |||||
| A | U | AR | O | AY | IY | OY | |||
| æ: | ʌ | aː | ɒ | eɪ | aɪ | ɔɪ | |||
| cat, lad | cut, flood | farm | hot | cake | kite | boy | |||
| a'pple | mo'ney | heart | want | they | my | boil | |||
| (bad) | o'ther | calm | main | bye | noise | ||||
| Consonants: | |||||||||
| P | F | T | TH | CH | SH | K | S | ||
| UNVOICED | p | f | t | θ | tʃ | ʃ | k | s | |
| pat | fat | toe | thin | chin | ship | kit | sip | ||
| a'pple | half | jet | thick | itch | sure | cup | pass | ||
| B | V | D | th | J | ZH | G | Z | ||
| VOICED | b | v | d | ð | dʒ | Ʒ | g | z | |
| bat | vat | doe | this | jazz | mea'sure | girl | zip | ||
| a'bout | hive | said | that | gin | cas'u'al | beg | noise | ||
| (H) | M | N | NG | R | W | L | Y | ||
| VOICED | h | m | n | ŋ | r | w | l | j | |
| (except H) | hat | mat | net | hang | run | way | lip | yes | |
| head | lamb | green | drank | fur'ry | where | pull | yacht | ||
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