Front Vowels

• /I:/ as in beat, eat, heat, seed, green, tree, seem, real, east
/bi:t/, /i:t/, /hi:t/, /si:d/, /gri:n/, /tri:/, /si:m/, /ri:l/, /i:st/
• /I/ as in it, bit, kit, pit, fit, hit, him, hill
/it/, /bit/, /kit/, /pit/, /fit/, /hit/, /him/, /hil/
• /e/ as in hen, bell, when, pets, ten, red, set
/hen/, /bel/, /wen/, /pets/, /ten/, /red/, /set/
• /æ/ as in man, cat, bad, habit , bag, stand, fat
/mæn/, /kæt/, /bæd/, /hæbit/, /bæg/, /stænd/, /fæt/
Back Vowels
• /a:/ as in card, car, far, arm, art, farm, hard
• /ka:d/, /ka:/, /fa:/, /a:m/, /a:t/, /fa:m/, /ha:d/
• / ‫כ‬:/as in board, ball, horse, water, door, tall, floor
/o/ /bo:d/, /bo:l/, /ho:s/, /wo:tƏ/, /do:/, /to:l/, /flo:/
• / ‫כ‬/as in pot, hot, gone, spot, dog, drop, doll
• /o/ /pot/, /hot/, /gon/, /spot/, /dog/, /drop/, /dol/
• /℧/ as in book, foot, look, cook, full, pull
• /u/ /buk/, /fut/, /luk/, /kuk/, /ful/, /pul/
• /℧:/ as in food, loose, soon, rule, true, fool
• /u:/ /fu:d/, /lu:z/, /su:n/, /ru:l/, /tru:/, /fu:l/
Central Vowels

• / Ə / as in about, center, sister, aren’t (weak form)

/ Əbaut/, /sent Ə/, /sistƏ/, / Ənt/
• /3:/ as in girl, bird, purse, work
• / Ə: / /g Ə:l/, /bƏ:d/, /p Ə: s/, /w Ə: k/

• /⋀/ as in cut, hut, come, dull, but, love,

• /k⋀t/, /h⋀t/, /k⋀m/, /d⋀l/, /b⋀t/, /l⋀v/