Guide to IPA Pronunciation 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
kʰ    cat, keep, account
l      law, hollow
l̟      pedal, battle, final
ɫ      pool, boil
m    mat, hemp, hammer, rim
n     new, tent, tenor, run
n̩     button, satin, kitten
ŋ     rung, hang, swinger
p     lapse, top, lip, speed
pʰ    pay, pet, appear
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
ʔ     button, kitten, satin

Other Symbols

primary stress     high stress: penmanship
secondary stress     low stress: penmanship
£    indicates British pronunciation variant