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The Aim of This Leaflet: Vowel Sounds Consonant Sounds No. Symbol Examples No. Symbol Examples

This document introduces the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used to represent sounds in English dictionaries. It provides a table summarizing the 19 vowel sounds and 24 consonant sounds of English with their IPA symbols and examples. The aim is to help readers learn to recognize the phonetic symbols so they can pronounce unfamiliar words found in dictionaries.

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The Aim of This Leaflet: Vowel Sounds Consonant Sounds No. Symbol Examples No. Symbol Examples

This document introduces the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used to represent sounds in English dictionaries. It provides a table summarizing the 19 vowel sounds and 24 consonant sounds of English with their IPA symbols and examples. The aim is to help readers learn to recognize the phonetic symbols so they can pronounce unfamiliar words found in dictionaries.

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The aim of this leaflet

This leaflet introduces you to the IPA phonetic symbols commonly used in dictionaries. It also
gives suggestions on how you can learn to recognise the symbols so that you are able to pronounce
unfamiliar words by consulting the dictionary on your own.

IPA phonetic symbols
The table below summarises the 19 vowel sounds and 24 consonant sounds in the English
language.

Vowel sounds Consonant sounds
No. Symbol Examples No. Symbol Examples
1
/i:/ feet /Ii:t/ leap /Ii:p/
1
/p/ pen /pcn/ peep /pi:p/
2
/i/ fit /Iit/ lip /Iip/
2
/b/ big /big/ babe /bcib/
3
/c/ men /mcn/ bed /bcd/
3
/t/ ten /tcn/ let /Ict/
4
// man /mn/ bad /bd/
4
/d/ den /dcn/ red /rcd/
5
/\/ mud /m\d/ nut /n\t/
5
/k/ key /ki:/ cake /kcik/
6
/o:/ fast /Io:st/ pass /po:s/
6
/g/ get /gct/ leg /Icg/
7
/o/ top /top/ rock /rok/
7
/s/ see /si:/ guess /gcs/
8
/5:/ fall /I5:I/ lord /I5:d/
8
/z/ zoo /zu:/ buzz /b\z/
9
/o/ book /bok/ foot /Iot/
9
/j/ shoe /ju:/ wish /wij/
10
/u:/ boot /bu:t/ food /Iu:d/
10
// measure /'mcc/ treasure /'trcc/
11
/a:/ girl /ga:I/ bird /ba:d/
11
/tj/ check /tjck/ watch /wotj/
12
/c/ a lot /c'Iot/
apart /c'po:t/
12
/d/ jet /dct/ judge /d\d/
13
/ci/ mail /mciI/ May /mci/
13
/I/ fan /In/ laugh /Io:I/
14
/ai/ fly /IIai/ buy /bai/
14
/v/ van /vn/ wave /wciv/
15
/5i/ boy /b5i/ boil /b5iI/
15
/w/ wet /wct/ wait /wcit/
16
/ao/ cow /kao/ house /haos/
16
/j/ yes /jcs/ you /ju:/
17
/co/ sold /scoId/ low /Ico/
17
/h/ hen /hcn/ hat /ht/
18
/ic/ beer /bic/ dear /dic/
18
/O/ thin /Oin/ thought /O5:t/
19
/cc/ hair /hcc/ rare /rcc/
19
// then /cn/ that /t/
20
/m/ men /mcn/ name /ncim/
21
/n/ no /nco/ phone /Icon/
22
/p/ ring /rip/ sang /sp/
23
/I/ let /Ict/ tell /tcI/
24
/r/ rat /rt/ read /ri:d/

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