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! style="width:100pt;" | Phonetic Example
! style="width:100pt;" | Phonetic Example
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| a || /a/ || - || f<u>'''a'''</u>ther, sp<u>'''a'''</u>
| a || /a/ || AA || f<u>'''a'''</u>ther, sp<u>'''a'''</u>
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| á || /ɑ:/|| - || c<u>'''a'''</u>ll, f<u>'''a'''</u>r
| á || /ɑ:/|| AO || c<u>'''a'''</u>ll, f<u>'''a'''</u>r
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| e || /ɛ/|| - || t<u>'''e'''</u>ll, g<u>'''e'''</u>t
| e || /ɛ/|| EH || t<u>'''e'''</u>ll, g<u>'''e'''</u>t
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| é || /e:/|| - || b<u>'''ai'''</u>t, p<u>'''a'''</u>y
| é || /e:/|| EY || b<u>'''ai'''</u>t, p<u>'''a'''</u>y
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| i || /ɪ/|| - || <u>'''i'''</u>n, h<u>'''i'''</u>t
| i || /ɪ/|| IH || <u>'''i'''</u>n, h<u>'''i'''</u>t
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| í || /i:/|| - || tr<u>'''ee'''</u>, m<u>'''ea'''</u>n, h<u>'''e'''</u>
| í || /i:/|| IY || tr<u>'''ee'''</u>, m<u>'''ea'''</u>n, h<u>'''e'''</u>
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| o || /ɔ/|| - || t<u>'''u'''</u>g, w<u>'''o'''</u>nder
| o || /ɔ/|| AH || t<u>'''u'''</u>g, w<u>'''o'''</u>nder
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| ó || /o:/|| - || r<u>'''o'''</u>ll, t<u>'''o'''</u>e, r<u>'''o'''</u>ad
| ó || /o:/|| OW || r<u>'''o'''</u>ll, t<u>'''o'''</u>e, r<u>'''o'''</u>ad
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| u || /ʌ/|| - || g<u>'''oo'''</u>d, p<u>'''u'''</u>ll
| u || /ʌ/|| UH || g<u>'''oo'''</u>d, p<u>'''u'''</u>ll
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| ú || /u:/|| - || t<u>'''oo'''</u>, r<u>'''u'''</u>de
| ú || /u:/|| UW || t<u>'''oo'''</u>, r<u>'''u'''</u>de
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Revision as of 05:38, 20 June 2018



Vowels
Letter IPA Valve Phoneme Phonetic Example
a /a/ AA father, spa
á /ɑ:/ AO call, far
e /ɛ/ EH tell, get
é /e:/ EY bait, pay
i /ɪ/ IH in, hit
í /i:/ IY tree, mean, he
o /ɔ/ AH tug, wonder
ó /o:/ OW roll, toe, road
u /ʌ/ UH good, pull
ú /u:/ UW too, rude