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This concise chart shows the most common applications of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent English language pronunciations.
See Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.

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IPA	Examples
IPA: English Consonants
p, pʰ	pen, spin, tip
b	but, web
t, tʰ	two, sting, bet
d	do, odd
tʃʰ	chair, nature, teach
dʒ	gin, joy, edge
k, kʰ	cat, kill, skin, queen, unique, thick
ɡ	go, get, beg
f	fool, enough, leaf, off, photo
v	voice, have, of
θ	thing, teeth
ð	this, breathe, father
s	see, city, pass
z	zoo, rose
ʃ	she, sure, emotion, leash
ʒ	pleasure, beige, seizure
x	Scottish loch
h	ham
m	man, ham
n	no, tin
ŋ	ringer, sing, finger, drink
l, ɫ	left, bell
ɹ, ɹʷ	run, very
w	we, queen
j	yes
ʍ	what

IPA: Marginal Sounds
ʔ	uh-(ʔ)oh

IPA										Examples
AuE	CanE	GA	IrE	NZE	RP	ScE	SAE	WaE		Examples
IPA: English Vowels
æ, æː	æ/a	æ		ɛ	æ	a		a	æ	lad, bad, cat
aː	ɑ/ɒ	ɑ	ɑː	ɐː	ɑː	a		aː	ɑː	father
ɔ		ɑ	ɑ	ɒ	ɒ	ɔ		ɒ	ɒ	not, wasp
oː		ɔ	ɔː	oː	ɔː	ɔ		ɒː	ɔː	law, caught, all, halt, talk
ə	ə	ə		ɘ	ə	ə		ə	ə	about
ə	ɨ	ɨ			ɪ	ɨ		ɨ	ɨ	English
ɪ	ɪ	ɪ	ɪ		ɪ	ɪ		ɪ	ɪ	sit
i	i	i		i	ɪ	i		iː	i	city
iː			iː	iː	iː				iː	see
iː			iː, eː	iː	iː				ɪː	meat
e	ɛ	ɛ	ɛ	e	ɛ	ɛ		ɛ	ɛ	bed
ɜː(ɹ)	ɝ/ɹ̩	ɝ/ɹ̩	ʌɾ	ɵː(ɹ)	ɜː(ɹ)	ʌɾ		ɜː(ɾ)	ʌr	burn
			ɛɾ			ɛɾ			ɛr	herd, earth
			ɪɾ			ɪɾ			ɪr	bird
aː(ɹ)	ɑɹ	ɑɹ		ɐː(ɹ)	ɑː(ɹ)	aɾ		aː(ɾ)	ɑr	arm, car
a	ʌ	ʌ	ɔ, ʊ	ɐ	ʌ	ʌ		ɜ	ʌ	run, won, flood
ʊ	ʊ	ʊ	ɔ, ʊ	ʊ	ʊ	ʉ		ʊ	ʊ	put
ʊ	ʊ	ʊ	uː	ʊ	ʊ			ʊ	ʊː	hood
ʉː	u	u	uː	ʉː	uː			uː	uː	soon, through
ə(ɹ)	ɚ/ɹ̩	ɚ/ɹ̩		ɘ(ɹ)	ə(ɹ)	əɾ		ə(ɾ)	ər	winner

AuE	CanE	GA	IrE	NZE	RP	ScE	SAE	WaE		Examples
IPA: English Diphthongs
æɪ	e	eɪ	eː	æe	eɪ	e		eː	eɪ	date
æɪ	e	eɪ	eː	æe	eɪ	e		ei	eɪ	day, pain, whey, rein
ɑe	aɪ, ʌɪ	aɪ, ʌɪ	ɔɪ	ɑe	aɪ	aɪ		ai	aɪ	my, wise, high
oɪ	ɔɪ	ɔɪ		oe	ɔɪ	oi		ɒi	ɔɪ	boy, hoist
əʉ	o	oʊ	oː	ɐʉ	əʊ	o		oː	oʊ	no, toe, soap
əʉ	o	oʊ	oː	ɐʉ	əʊ	o		ou	oʊ	tow, soul, roll, cold, folk
æɔ	aʊ, ʌʊ	eɾ		ɛː(ɾ)	eər	mare, there, bear
oː(ɹ)	ɔɹ	ɔɹ	ɑɾ	oː(ɹ)	ɔː(ɹ)	ɔɾ		ɒː(ɾ)	ɔər	sort, warm
oː(ɹ)	ɔɹ	oɹ, ɔɹ	oːɾ	oː(ɹ)	ɔː(ɹ)	oɾ		oː(ɾ)	oər	tore, boar, port
ʊə(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ)	ʊɹ	ʊɹ		ʊɐ(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ)	ʊə(ɹ)	uɾ		ʊə(ɾ)	ʊər	tour
jʊə(ɹ), jʉːə(ɹ)	jʊɹ, jɝ	jʊɹ, jɝ		jʊɐ(ɹ), jʉːə(ɹ)	jʊə(ɹ), jɔ:(ɹ)	juɾ		ɪʊə(ɾ)	jʊər	pure, Europe

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example rapping /ˈɹæpɪŋ/
ˌ	Secondary stress/full vowel, for example battleship /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
.	Syllable separator, for example ice cream /ˈaɪs.krim/ vs. I scream /aɪ.ˈskrim/
̩	Syllabic consonant, for example ridden /ˈɹɪdn̩/

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