Phonetic
List of sounds
- Vowels:
/i/ as in "beet"
/ɪ/ as in "bit"
/e/ as in "bait"
/ɛ/ as in "bet"
/æ/ as in "bat"
/ʌ/ as in "but"
/ɔ/ as in "bought"
/o/ as in "boat"
/ʊ/ as in "book"
/u/ as in "boot"
/ə/ as in "a" or "the"
- Diphthongs:
/eɪ/ as in "bake"
/aɪ/ as in "buy"
/ɔɪ/ as in "boy"
/oʊ/ as in "boat"
/aʊ/ as in "house"
/ɪə/ as in "ear"
/eə/ as in "air"
/ʊə/ as in "tour"
- Consonants:
/b/ as in "bat"
/d/ as in "dog"
/f/ as in "fun"
/g/ as in "go"
/j/ as in "yes"
/k/ as in "cat"
/l/ as in "let"
/m/ as in "man"
/n/ as in "not"
/p/ as in "pat"
/s/ as in "sit"
/t/ as in "top"
/v/ as in "van"
/z/ as in "zip"
Harder:
/θ/ as in "think"
/ð/ as in "this"
/ʃ/ as in "she"
/ʒ/ as in "measure"
/h/ as in "hat"
/ŋ/ as in "sing"
/r/ as in "red"
/w/ as in "we"
Fricative consonants
Fricative consonants are made by squeezing air between a small gap as it leaves the body.
In English pronunciation, there are 9 fricative phonemes: /f,v,θ,ð,s,z,ʃ,ʒ,h/ made in 5 positions of the mouth:
Examples
/f/: far
/v/: save, of
/θ/: think
/ð/: those
/s/: sir, race
/z/: zoo, rise
/ʃ/: sharp, chef, pressure, sugar, motion
/ʒ/: beige, Asia, pleasure
/h/: ahead
External link
https://thesoundofenglish.org/fricative-consonants/
Plosive consonants
Plosive consonants are made by completely blocking the flow of air as it leaves the body, normally followed by releasing the air.
English pronunciation contains 6 plosive phonemes: /p,b,t,d,k,g/:
Pronounce
The sounds /b,d,g/ are voiced; they are pronounced with vibration in the vocal cords.
The sounds /p,t,k/ are voiceless; they are produced with air only.
The voiceless plosives are often aspirated (produced with a puff of air) in English pronunciation.
Examples
/p/: purse
/b/: bell
/t/: talk, stopped
/d/: done, played
/k/: kite, cone, queen, chronic, excited
/g/: gone, exhaust
Glottal Stop
The voiceless alveolar plosive sound /t/ is often replaced with a voiceless glottal plosive in connected speech.
This most frequently occurs when /t/ appears at the end of a syllable and the following sound is a consonant:
External link
https://thesoundofenglish.org/plosives/