IPA chart for English

This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds.
See International Phonetic Alphabet for English for a more complete version. Note that the parentheses indicate optionality; the IPA code does not actually contain parentheses.
IPA: English Consonants	IPA: English Consonants
IPA 	Examples
 	pen, spin, tip
 	but, web
 	two, sting, bet
 	do, odd
 	chair, nature, teach
 	gin, joy, edge
 	cat, kill, skin, queen, thick
 	go, get, beg
 	fool, enough, leaf
 	voice, have
 	thing, breath
 	this, breathe
 	see, city, pass
 	zoo, rose
 	she, sure, emotion, leash
 	pleasure, beige
 	ham
 	man, ham
 	no, tin
 	singer, ring
 	left
 	milk, bell (dark l)
 	run, very
 	better (AmE, AuE)
 	we
 	yes
 	kitten (many accents), bottle (Cockney)
 	what (some accents, such as Scottish)
 	loch (Scottish)
IPA: English Vowels	IPA: English Vowels	IPA: English Vowels	IPA: English Vowels
IPA 	IPA 	IPA 	Examples
RP 	AmE 	AuE 	 
 	 	 	father
 	 	 	see
 	 	 	city
 	 	 	bed
 	 	 	bird
 	 	 	lad, cat
 	 	 	arm
 	(or ) 	 	run, enough
 	 	 	not, wasp
 	 	 	law, caught
 	 	 	put
 	 	 	soon, through
 	 	 	about
 	 	 	winner
IPA: English Diphthongs	IPA: English Diphthongs	IPA: English Diphthongs	IPA: English Diphthongs
IPA 	IPA 	IPA 	Examples
RP 	AmE 	AuE 	 
 	 	 	day
 	 	 	my
 	 	 	boy
 	 	 	no
 	 	 	now
 	 	 	near, here
 	 	 	hair, there
 	 	 	tour
 	 	 	pupil
IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation	IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation 	IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA 	Explanation 	
 	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example happy	
 	Secondary stress, for example battleship 	
 	Syllable separator 	
 	Syllabic consonant, for example for ridden 	
==See also==
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Category:Tolkien Linguistics