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Appendix:English pronunciation

విక్షనరీ నుండి

Leekshitha

అడ్డదారి:
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The following tables show the IPA and enPR/AHD symbols which are used to represent the various sounds of the English language. The sounds of Received Pronunciation (RP, UK), General American pronunciation (GenAm, US), Australian English (AuE) and New Zealand English (NZE) are shown.

For vowels in other dialects, see Wikipedia's IPA chart for English.

An image of an old version of these tables is available.

This vowel table lists both monophthongs and diphthongs.

IPA enPR / AHD examples
RP GenAm CanE AuE NZE
ɑːɑɒɐː ä father, palm
æɛ ă bad, cat, ran[1][2]
æɹɛɹ ăr carry
æɪæe ā day, pain
ɑːɑɹɐː är arm, bard
ɛə / ɛː(ɹ)ɛɹ âr hair, there[3]
ɛe ĕ bed[4]
ɛɹ ĕr merry
i ē ease, see
ɪɘ ĭ sit, city, bit
ɪi city, very, ready
ɪ̈ , ɨ roses
ɪəɪɹɪə ĭr, îr near, here, Sirius
aɪ (ʌɪ)ɑeɑe ī my, rice
ɒɑɒɔɒ ŏ not, wasp
əʊəʉɐʉ ō no, go, hope
ɔəoɹ, ɔɹɔɹ ōr hoarse
ɔːɔɒ ô law, caught
ɔːɔɹ ôr horse
ɔɪoe oi boy, noise
ʊ o͝o, ŏŏ put, foot
ʊəʊɹʊəʉə o͝or, ŏŏr poor, tour, tourism
uʉː o͞o, ōō lose, soon, through
aʊ (ʌʊ)æo ou house, now
ʌaɐ ŭ run, enough, up
ɜːɝ, əɹɝːɜːɵː ûr fur, bird
əɘ ə about
əɚəɘ ər winner, enter[5]
  1. Sometimes transcribed IPA: /a/ for RP, for example in dictionaries of the Oxford University Press.
  2. See bad–lad split for more discussion of this vowel in Australian English.
  3. Alternative symbols used in British dictionaries include IPA: /ɛː/ (Oxford University Press) and IPA: /eə/.
  4. Sometimes transcribed IPA: /e/ for RP, for example in Collins English Dictionary.
  5. Sometimes transcribed for GA as [əɹ] or (for transcriptions that represent both rhotic and non-rhotic pronunciations) as [ə(ɹ)].
IPA enPR / AHD examples
b b but, web, rubble
ch chat, teach, nature
d d dot, idea, nod
f f fan, left, enough
ɡ g get, bag
h h ham
ʍ (hw)[1] hw which
j joy, agile, age
k k cat, tack
x ᴋʜ loch (in Scottish English)
l l left
l̩ (əl)[2] l little
m m man, animal, him
m̩ (əm)[2] m spasm, prism
n n note, ant, pan
n̩ (ən)[2] n hidden
ŋ ng singer, ring
p p pen, spin, top, apple
ɹ[3] r run, very
s s set, list, ice
ʃ sh ash, sure, ration
t t ton, butt
θ th thin, nothing, moth
ð th this, father, clothe
v v voice, navel
w w wet
j y yes
z z zoo, quiz, rose
ʒ zh vision, treasure
  1. Some phonologists dispute that /ʍ/ is a distinct phoneme in English, and use /hw/ instead.
  2. 1 2 3 Some phonologists dispute that /l̩,/ invalid IPA characters (,), /n̩,/ invalid IPA characters (,), /m̩/ are distinct phonemes in English, and use /əl/, /ən/, /əm/ instead.
  3. Often written /r/, especially in works that cover only English, even though the sound is not a trill.

A stress mark is placed before the syllable that is stressed in IPA and after it in enPR / AHD.

IPA enPR
(AHD)
indicates
ˈ (ˈa) ʹ (aʹ) primary stress, as in rapping /ˈɹæpɪŋ/
ˌ (ˌa) ' (a') secondary stress (or sometimes tertiary stress), as in battleship /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
a.a a-a division between syllables
 ̩ syllabic consonant, as in ridden [ˈɹɪdn̩]
ʔ glottal stop, as in uh-oh /ˈʌʔoʊ/, [ˈʌ̆ʔ˦oʊ˨]

Note: The EnPR and print AHD marks are formatted slightly differently. Online, AHD writes both ', though they do not always represent the same phoneme.