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IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols

Vowels Consonants
/ / butter, sofa /b/ book, able
/æ/ cat, hand / /k/ come, look
/ :/ father, farm /t / children, which
/ε/ get, send /d/ red, down
// sit, win /f/ fall, if
/i/ happy / / go, leg
/i:/ feel, machine / / / Gerry, Jenny
// long, top /h/ have, hand
/ :/ fall, thought /l/ look, milk
/ / full, book /m/ man, come
/u:/ do, cool / /n/ now, run
/ / cup, some / /ŋ/ bring, running
/ :/ bird, hurt /p/ paper, cup
/kw/ quite, quick
/r/ red, arrive
Diphthongs /r/ car, four†
/εi/ say, eight /s/ send, miss
/ i/ my, night / // should, wish
/ i/ boy /t/ it, time
/ / boat, home /θ/ think, three
/ u/ now, found /ð/ the, with
/ / hear, here /v/ very, give
/ε / hair, where /w/ want, when
/ / sure /j/ yes, you
/z/ prize, rose
/`/ (precedes stressed syllable) / / measure


silent before consonant and at end of sentence

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