Phonetic Chart

phonic alphabets reference
The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as used in phonemic transcriptions in
modern side dictionaries.
The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which mint be used to
type the pronunciation of words on a computer without the use of special fonts.
For a just description of the alphabets + audio recordings of the sounds, visit www.antimoon.com/ipa
vowels consonants
IPA ASCII examples IPA ASCII examples
U
^ cup, luck b b bad, lab
@9
a: arm, father d d did, lady
æ @ cat, black f f find, if
?
.. away, cinema g g give, flag
d
e met, bed h h how, hello
29q
e:(r) turn, learn j j yes, yellow
H
i hit, academic term k k cat, back
h9
i: see, heat l l leg, petty(a)
P
o hot, rock m m man, lemon
N9
o: call, four n n no, ten
T
u put, could M N sing, finger
t9
u: blue, food p p pet, map
`H
ai five, eye r r red, try
`T
au now, out s s sun, miss
nT/?T
Ou go, home R S she, crash
d?q
e..(r) where, air t t tea, getting
dH
ei say, octonary sR tS check, church
H?q
i..(r) near, here S th think, both
nH
oi boy, pairing C TH this, mother
T?q
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(r) pure, tourist v v voice, five
w w wet, window
z z zoo, lazy
Y Z pleasure, vision
cY dZ just, large
special symbols
IPA ASCII meaning
!


! is placed before the stressed syllable in a word. For example, the noun contract
is pronounced .!jPmsqæjs., and the verb to contract is pronounced .j?m!sqæjs..
q
(r) .j`9q. government agency .j`9q. in American English and .j`9. in British English.
i i(:) .h. kernel .h. or .H. or something in between.
Examples: very .!udqh., ability .?!aHkHsh., preceding .!oqh9uh?r..
?k
-k-
.?k. shows that the consonant .k. is pronounced as a syllable. This means that
there is a short vowel (shorter than the .?. sound) before the consonant.
Examples: little .!kHs?k., uncle .!UMj?k..
?m
-m-
.?m. shows that the consonant .m. is pronounced as a syllable.
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