To Learn the Pronunciation of the words, each Symbol represents a particular sound.
The Phonemic Chart used for British English made of 44 Symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). You can also Learn how to pronounce the sounds.
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i: Meet |
ɪ Kit |
ʊ Book |
u: Too |
e Net |
ə Water |
ɜ: Learn |
ɔ: Talk |
æ Map |
ʌ Study |
ɑ: Cart |
ɒ Follow |
ɪə Here |
eɪ Day |
ʊə Tour |
ɔɪ Boy |
əʊ Road |
eə Hair |
aɪ Time |
aʊ Now |
- |
p Power |
b Web |
t Tea |
d Dog |
ʧ Teacher |
ʤ Large |
k Back |
g Give |
f Face |
v Verb |
θ Think |
ð Father |
s Sun |
z Zoo |
ʃ Sugar |
ʒ Vision |
m Lemon |
n Ten |
ŋ Sing |
h Hello |
l Left |
r Very |
w Will |
j You |
In English, Vowels can be Short or Long. The symbols followed by "Colon (:)" are Long Vowels, the rest are Short Vowels. The difference is that Long Vowels are pronounced with a longer duration than Short Vowels.
ɪ Kit |
ʊ Book |
e Net |
ə Water |
æ Map |
ʌ Study |
ɒ Follow |
- |
- |
i: Meet |
u: Too |
ɜ: Learn |
ɔ: Talk |
ɑ: Cart |
- |
To create the Vowel sounds we use tongue, lips and jaw to shape the air. The following examples represent the position of the tongue in each of the sounds.
i: Meet |
ɪ Kit |
e Net |
æ Map |
- |
- |
ə Water |
ɜ: Learn |
ʌ Study |
ɑ: Cart |
- |
- |
ʊ Book |
u: Too |
ɔ: Talk |
ɒ Follow |
- |
- |
The speech sounds can be divided into Voiced and Unvoiced (or Voiceless) Consonants. The difference is that when we produce a Voiced sound, the vocal cords vibrate. In an Unvoiced sound, there is no vibration of the vocal cords.
b Web |
d Dog |
ʤ Large |
g Give |
v Verb |
ð Father |
z Zoo |
ʒ Vision |
m Lemon |
n Ten |
ŋ Sing |
l Left |
r Very |
w Will |
j You |
p Power |
t Tea |
ʧ Teacher |
k Back |
f Face |
θ Think |
s Sun |
ʃ Sugar |
h Hello |
To produce a Consonant sound we need to block the air as it leaves the mouth using the lips, tongue, teeth, mouth and throat.
p Power |
b Web |
t Tea |
d Dog |
k Back |
g Give |
f Face |
v Verb |
θ Think |
ð Father |
s Sun |
z Zoo |
ʃ Sugar |
ʒ Vision |
h Hello |
ʧ Teacher |
ʤ Large |
- |
m Lemon |
n Ten |
ŋ Sing |
l Left |
r Very |
w Will |
j You |
- |
- |