Aim:
This page is to show you the sounds of English from the International Phonemic
Alphabet (the IPA), and allow you to listen to some example words containing
these sounds.
The IPA comprises sounds made by native speakers of British English. Each symbol in the tables below is followed by a button labeled with an example spelling of a word that contains that sound, and the same word in IPA symbols. Click the buttons to hear the words containing these sounds. Slashes around a word; e.g. /kæt/, show sounds rather than spelling.
On this page: Vowels | Diphthongs | Consonants
| ← Mouth wider horizontally | Mouth narrower horizontally → | |||
| Mouth narrower vertically |
iː /sliːp/ |
I /slIp/ |
ʊ /bʊk/ |
uː /buːt/ |
| e /ten/ |
ə /aːftə/ |
ɜː
/bɜːd/ |
ɔː
/bɔːd/ |
|
| Mouth wider vertically |
æ /kæt/ |
^ / k^p/ |
ɑː / cɑːr/ |
ɒ /hɒt/ |
|
Iə |
eI /seI/ |
|
|
ʊə |
ɔI /bɔI/ |
ə
ʊ |
|
eə |
aI /haI/ |
aʊ /kaʊ/ |
| p /pæn/ |
b /bæn/ |
t /tæn/ |
d /deI/ |
ʧ /ʧæt/ |
ʤ /ʤ^ʤ/ |
k /kiː/ |
g /get/ |
| f /fæn/ |
v / væn/ |
θ /θIn/ |
ð /ðæn/ |
s /sIp/ |
z / zIp/ |
∫ /∫Ip/ |
ʒ /vIʒ^n/ |
| m /maIt/ |
n /naIt/ |
ŋ /θIŋ/ |
h /haIt/ |
l /laIt/ |
r /raIt/ |
w /waIt/ |
j /jes/ |
Note: This page uses the fonts called "Arial Unicode MS" and "Lucida Sans Unicode". If you cannot see some of the characters above, please install one of these fonts.
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Last updated: Thursday, 15 December 2016
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