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Pronunciation guide: Pronunciation is shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
| Consonants | |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Keyword |
| p | pen |
| b | back |
| t | ten |
| d | day |
| k | key |
| g | get |
| f | fat |
| v | view |
| θ | thing |
| ð | then |
| s | soon |
| z | zero |
| ʃ | ship |
| ʒ | pleasure |
| h | hot |
| x | loch |
| tʃ | cheer |
| dʒ | jump |
| m | sum |
| n | sun |
| ŋ | sung |
| w | wet |
| l | let |
| r | red |
| j | yet |
| Vowels | ||
|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Keyword | |
| short | ɪ | bit |
| e | bed | |
| æ | cat | |
| ɒ | dog (British English) | |
| ʌ | cut | |
| ʊ | put | |
| ə | about | |
| i | happy | |
| u | actuality | |
| long | iː | sheep |
| ɑː | father | |
| ɒː | dog (American English) | |
| ɔː | four | |
| uː | boot | |
| ɜː | bird | |
| diphthongs | eɪ | make |
| aɪ | lie | |
| ɔɪ | boy | |
| əʊ | note (British English) | |
| oʊ | note (American English) | |
| aʊ | now | |
| ɪə | real | |
| eə | hair (British English) | |
| ʊə | pure (British English) | |
| iə | peculiar | |
| Special Signs | |
|---|---|
| $ | separates British and American pronunciations: British on the left, American on the right |
| / ˈ / | shows main stress |
| / ˌ / | shows secondary stress |
| / ◂ / | shows stress shift |
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