Fillable Printable International Phonetic Alphabet Chart Download
Fillable Printable International Phonetic Alphabet Chart Download
International Phonetic Alphabet Chart Download
201 Introduction to Linguistics: IPA Chart
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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Learn these symbols and the sounds they correspond to!
Consonants
Symbol
Elizabeth’s dialect
Other dialects
p
b
m
spy [spaɪ], pick [pɪk], cup [kʌp]
bake [bek], lab [læb], briɡht [braɪt]
mouth [maʊθ], lamb [læm]
w
ʍ
one [wʌn], Wales [welz], whales [welz]
whales [ʍelz], when [ʍɛn]
f
v
fawn [fɑn], front [frʌnt], if [ɪf]
very [vɛri], of [ʌv]
θ
ð
think [θiŋk], bath [bæθ]
the [ði] or [ð+], bathe [beð]
t
d
n
two [tu], but [bʌt], laughed [læft]
do [du], lid [lɪd], loved [lʌvd]
knife [naɪf], loan [lon]
s
z
sink [siŋk], loss [lɑs], lacks [læks]
zebra [zibr+], laws [laz], lags [læɡz]
l
lake [lek], lie [laɪ], fall [fɑl]
tʃ
dʒ
chat [tʃæt], which [wɪtʃ], trick [tʃrɪk]
jump [dʒʌmp], edge [ɛdʒ], drink [dʒriŋk]
ʃ
ʒ
shoe [ʃu], hush [hʌsh]
leisure [liʒ+r], vision [vɪʒɪn]
r
run [rʌn], write [raɪt], cart [kart]
j
yell [jɛl], fusion [fjuʒ+n]
k
ɡ
ŋ
cake [kek], lack [læk], scrape [skrep]
gum [ɡʌm], lag [læɡ], finger [fiŋɡ+r]
wing [wiŋ], link [liŋk], singer [siŋ+r]
Back of the mouth ……………………………………………………….….………Front of the mouth
ʔ
h
uh-oh [ʌʔ oʔ], mitten [mɪʔ+n]
hope [hop], hook [hʊk], huge [hjudʒ]
bottle [bɑʔ+l]
201 Introduction to Linguistics: IPA Chart
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Vowels
Symbol
Elizabeth’s dialect
Other dialects
i
ɪ
beet [bit], bead [bid]
bit [bɪt], bid [bɪd]
e
ɛ
late [let], fake [fek]
let [lɛt], led [lɛd]
æ
flat [flæt], lad [læd]
+
Elizabeth [+lɪz+bɛθ], linger [liŋɡ+r]
a
car [ka], Harvard [hav+d]
u
ʊ
boot [but], booed [bud], cute [kjut]
book [bʊk], good [ɡʊd]
o
ɔ
open [opɪn], boat [bot]
caught [cɔt]
ʌ
ɑ
love [lʌv], cover [kʌv+r]
cot [kɑt], caught [kɑt], robot [robɑt]
aɪ
light [laɪt], kite [kaɪt], eyes [aɪz]
aʊ
blouse [blaʊs], cloud [klaʊd]
Back of the mouth ………………………Front of the mouth
ɔɪ
soy [sɔɪ], oily [ɔɪli]
sʌm tɪrm#nɑl#dʒi
Diphthongs [dɪpθɑŋɡz] : vowel sounds represented by a combination of two IPA symbols.
aɪ aʊ oʊ ɔɪ
We will treat diphthongs as single vowels (i.e., no different from [i, ɪ, u, ʌ, etc.]).
