Phonetic Symbols
Consonant Sounds | Vowel Sounds | |||||||
Symbols | Words | Symbols | Initial | Medial | Final | Spelling | ||
/k/ | s | king, pick, cat | /i: / | O{ | eat | meat | see | ee, ea, ie, eo, e, ei |
/g/ | u | gate, ghost | /I/ | O | it | sit | city | i, u, o, e, y, a |
/ŋ/ | ª | sing, sink | /e/ | P | egg | pen | - | e, ie, ea, ue |
/tƒ/ | r | chair, match | /æ/ | of | act | man | - | a |
/dʒ/ | h | jug, judge | /a: / | cf | arm | large | car | a, ear, ar |
/z/ | h | is, zoo, balls | /ə/ | c | ago | perfect | the | a |
/ʒ/ | h | genre, pleasure, garage | /ʌ/ | c | up | but | - | o, u, ou, u, oe |
/t/ | 6 | tree, mat | /ʒ: / | cM | earth | bird | sir | ir, ur, er, ear |
/d/ | 8 | do, middle | /ɒ/ | cf] | on | hot | - | o, a, ow |
/ø/ | y | thank, with | /ɔ: / | cf]M | all | ball | saw | a, aw, au |
/ð/ | b | those, breathe | /ʊ / | p | - | book | - | u, ou, o, oo |
/n/ | g | nose, man | /u: / | pm | ooze | move | two | o, oo, wo, ue, ou |
/p/ | k | pot, map | Diphthongs | |||||
Symbols | Initial | Medial | Final | Spelling | ||||
/f/ | km | fan, potato, laugh | /eI/ | PO | eight | same | say | a, ay |
/b/ | a | bag, bulb | /aI / | cfO{ | ice | might | sky | uy, igh, ie, y, eye |
/v/ | e | van, save | / ɔI/ | cf]O{ | oil | voice | boy | oy, oi |
/m/ | d | man, same | / Iə/ | Oc | ear | real | here | ear, eer, ere |
/j/ | o | yak | /ʊə/ | pc | - | influence | poor | our, ocr, ure |
/r/ | / | red, carry | /eə/ | Pc | area | chair | rare | air, ear, ere, eir, are |
/l/ | n | late, sell | /aʊ / | cfp | out | loud | cow | o, ow, ew |
/w/ | j | walk | / əʊ/ | cp | old | home | go | ou, ow |
/ʃ/ | z | shoes, sugar, wish, chef | ||||||
/s/ | ; | sun, miss | ||||||
/h/ | x | house, yahoo | ||||||
