What is the IPA
The international phonetic alphabet
- symbols representing different sounds
Monophthong - i:
see = /si:/
- close vowels
Monophthong - ɪ
Sit = /sɪt/
- front vowel
Monophthong - ʊ
Good = /gʊd/
- rounded vowel
Monophthong - u:
Two = /tu:/
- back vowel
Monophthong - e
Egg = /eg/
- close vowels
Monophthong - ə
away = /əweɪ/
- central vowel
Monophthong - 3:
her = /h3:/
Monophthong - ↄ:
four = /fↄ:/
Monophthong - æ
cat = /kæt/
- open vowel
Monophthong - ^
up = /^p/
- unrounded vowel
Monophthong - a:
ask = /a:sk/
Monophthong - ɐ
on = /ɐn/
- open vowel
Diphthong - ɪə
here = /hɪə/
Diphthong - eɪ
eight = /eɪt/
Diphthong - ʊə
cure = /kjʊə/
Diphthong - ↄɪ
boy = /bↄɪ/
Diphthong - əʊ
no = /nəʊ/
Diphthong - eə
there = /ðeə/
Diphthong - aɪ
my = /maɪ/
Diphthong - aʊ
now = /naʊ/
Consonant - p
pen = /pen/
- bilabial
- plosive
Consonant - b
bee = /bi:/
- voiced
- bilabial
- plosive
Consonant - t
ten = /ten/
- alveolar
- plosive