THE ENGLISH SOUNDS

VOWELS
LONG
/a:/ cart
/:/ bird
/i:/ eat
/ :/ sport
/ u:/ pool

SHORT
// cat
/e/ bed
/ / it
/ / spot
/ / pull
// about
// cup

(the sounds in blue are Spanish)

DIPHTHONGS
CLOSING
(vowel + /i/ or /u/)
/a/ my
/e/ day
// boy

CENTRING
/vowel + //)
/e/ chair
// here
// tourist

/a/ now
// go

CONSONANTS
Bilabial
Alveolar
Velar

VOICELESS
/p/ pet
/t/ tin
/k/ came

VOICED
/b/ bet
/d/ din
/g/ game

SPANISH (similar sounds)

/p/ pan /b/ baln
In Spanish /t/ and /d/ are dental
/k/ coche /g/ gato

AFFRICATE

Palatal

/t/ cheap

/d/ jeep

/t/ coche / d/ yunque

FRICATIVE

Labiodental
Interdental
Alveolar
Post-alveolar
Glottal

/f/ fan
// thought
/s/ rice
// sheep
/h/ house

/v/ van
// though
/z/ rise
// vision

/f/ fan no similar sound

// cena // lado
/s/ suma no similar sound
// Andalusian chico // Argentinan yo
/h/ Andalusian nosotros

NASAL

Bilabial
Alveolar
Velar

/m/ man
/n/ nose
// sing

/m/ mano
/n/ noche
no similar sound

LATERAL

Alveolar

/l/ long

/l/ libro

Alveolar
Palatal
Labial-velar

/r/ right
/j/ yes
/w/ will

/r/ pero
/j/ piano
/w/ bueno

PLOSIVE

APPROXIMANT

Prof. D. Ral Escalera Maestre