Phonetics

The sounds represented here are those of British English spoken with an R.P. (Received Pronunciation) accent.
















Vowels:

'Short'
[ ɪ ] kit /kɪt/, bid /bɪd/, hymn /hɪm/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/
[ ʊ ] foot /fʊt/, put /pʊt/, good /gʊd/
[ ʌ ] strut /strʌt/, mud /mʌd/, love /lʌv/, blood /blʌd/
[ ɒ ] lot /lɒt/, odd /ɒd/, wash /wɒʃ/
[ ə ] about /əˈbaʊt/, common /ˈkɒmən/, standard /ˈstændəd/, butter /ˈbʌtə/
[ e ] dress /dres/, bed /bed/, head /hed/, many /ˈmeni/
[ æ ] trap /træp/, stamp /stæmp/, bad /bæd/

'Long'
[ i: ] fleece /fliːs/, sea /siː/, machine /məˈʃiːn/
[ uː ] goose /guːs/, two /tuː/, blue /bluː/, group /gruːp/
[ ɑː ] father /ˈfɑːðə/, start /stɑːt/, hard /hɑːd/
[ ɔː ] thought /θɔːt/, law /lɔː/, north /nɔːθ/, war /wɔː/
[ ɜː ] nurse /nɜːs/, stir /stɜː/, learn /lɜːn/, refer /rəˈfɜː/

'Diphthongs'
[ ɪə ] near /nɪə/, here /hɪə/, weary /ˈwɪərɪ/
[ ʊə ] tour /tʊə/, jury /ˈʤʊərɪ/, cure /kjʊə/
[ aɪ ] price /praɪs/, high /haɪ/, try /traɪ/, eye /aɪ/
[ ɔɪ ] choice /ʧɔɪs/, noise /nɔɪz /, boy /bɔɪ/, boiler /ˈbɔɪlə/
[ əʊ ] goat /gəʊt/, show /ʃəʊ/, no /nəʊ/
[ eə ] square /skweə/, fair /feə/, various /ˈveəriəs/
[ aʊ ] mouth /maʊθ/, now /naʊ/, fowl /faʊl/
[ eɪ ] face /feɪs/, day /deɪ/, break /breɪk/

To be continued...

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