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	Examples
p	pen, spin, tip
b	but, web
t	two, sting, bet
d	do, odd
tʃ	chair, nature, teach
dʒ	gin, joy, edge
k	cat, kill, skin, queen, thick
g	go, get, beg
f	fool, enough, leaf
v	voice, have
θ	thing, breath
ð	this, breathe
s	see, city, pass
z	zoo, rose
ʃ	she, sure, emotion, leash
ʒ	pleasure, beige
h	ham
m	man, ham
n	no, tin
ŋ	singer, ring
l	left
ɫ	milk, bell (dark l)
ɹ	run, very
ɾ	better (AmE, AuE)
w	we
j	yes
ʔ	kitten (many accents), bottle (Cockney)
ʍ	what (some accents, such as Scottish)
x	loch (Scottish)

IPA: English Vowels
IPA			Examples
RP	AmE	AuE
ɑː	ɑ	aː	father
iː	i	iː	see
ɪ	ɪ	ɪ	city
ɛ	ɛ	e	bed
ɜː	ɝ	ɜː	bird
æ	æ	æ	lad, cat
ɑː	ɑɹ	aː	arm
ʌ	ʌ (or ɐ)	a	run, enough
ɒ	ɑ	ɔ	not, wasp
ɔː	ɒ	oː	law, caught
ʊ	ʊ	ʊ	put
uː	u	ʉː	soon, through
ə	ə	ə	about
ə	ɚ	ə	winner

IPA: English Diphthongs
IPA			Examples
RP	AmE	AuE
eɪ	e(ɪ)	æɪ	day
aɪ	aɪ	ɑe	my
ɔɪ	ɔɪ	oɪ	boy
əʊ	o(ʊ)	əʉ	no
aʊ	aʊ	æɔ	now
ɪə	iɹ	ɪə	near, here
ɛə	ɛɹ	eː	hair, there
ʊə	ʊɹ	ʊə	tour
juː	ju	jʉː	pupil

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example happy /ˈhæpi/
ˌ	Secondary stress, for example battleship /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
.	Syllable separator
̩	Syllabic consonant, for example /ˈɹɪdn̩/ for ridden

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