International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

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In this blog, you can find IPA for better English pronunciation it is necessary to use a special alphabet to show the pronunciation of English words because the ordinary English alphabet does not have enough letters to represent all the sounds of the language. The following list contains all the letters of the phonetic alphabet used in English, with examples of the words in which the sounds they refer to are found.

Point to remember 

The sign (ˈ) shows stress. 

Vowels and diphthongs (double vowels)

 

iː	seat /siːt/, feel /fiːl/
ɪ	sit /sɪt/, in /ɪn/
e	set /set/, any /ˈeni/
æ	sat /sæt/, match /mætʃ/
ɑː	march /mɑːtʃ/, after /ˈɑftə(r)/
ɒ	pot /pɒt/, gone /ɡɒn/
ɔː	port /pɔːt/, law /lɔː/
ʊ	good /gʊd/, could /kʊd/
uː	food /fuːd/, group /gruːp/
ʌ	much /mʌtʃ/, front /frʌnt/
ɜː	turn /tɜːn/, word /wɜːd/
ə	away /əˈweɪ/, collect /kəˈlekt/, until /ənˈtɪl/
eɪ	take /teɪk/, wait /weɪt/
aɪ	mine /maɪn/, light /laɪt/
ɔɪ	oil /ɔɪl/, boy /bɔɪ/
əʊ	no /nəʊ/, open /ˈəʊpən/
aʊ	house /haʊs/, now /naʊ/
ɪə	hear /hɪə(r)/, deer /dɪə(r)/
eə	air /eə(r)/, where /weə(r)/
ʊə	tour /tʊə(r)/, endure /ɪnˈdjʊə(r)/

Consonants

p	pull /pʊl/, cup /kʌp/
b	bull /bʊl/, rob /rɒb/
f	ferry /ˈferi/, life /laɪf/
v	very /ˈveri/, live /lɪv/
θ	think /θɪnk/, bath /bɑːθ/
ð	then /ðen/, with /wɪð/
t	take /teɪk/, set /set/
d	day /deɪ/, red /red/
s	sing /sɪŋ/, rice /raɪs/
z	zoo /zuː/, days /deɪz/
ʃ	show /ʃəʊ/, wish /wɪʃ/
ʒ	pleasure /ˈpleʒə(r)/, occasion /əˈkeɪʒn/
tʃ	cheap /tʃiːp/, catch /kætʃ/
dʒ	jail /dʒeɪl/, bridge /brɪdʒ/
k	case /keɪs/, take /teɪk/
ɡ	go /ɡəʊ/, rug /rʌɡ/
m	my /maɪ/, come /kʌm/
n	no /nəʊ/, on /ɒn/
ŋ	sing /sɪŋ/, finger /ˈfɪŋɡə(r)/
l	love /lʌv/, hole /həʊl/
r	round /raʊnd/, carry /ˈkæri/
w	well /wel/
j	young /jʌŋ/
h	house /haʊs/

" We have taken IPA symbol according to British Oxford English"

some symbols can be different or not mentioned above due to geographical and change from time to time