Phonemic Characters

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Read More:
http://www.phonemicchart.com/
how to say
http://www.howtopron.com/pronounce/wonk
https://www.howtopronounce.com/bludgeon/
https://www.lumenvox.com/tts-demonstration/?cn-reloaded=1
http://www.englishconversationcoursetutorhk.com/english_pronunciation_video_08-30_e.php
http://www.englishconversationcoursetutorhk.com/pronunciation_grammar_listening_course_e.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English
https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/abet
Speech Sounds And Letters
http://www.joneschristy.com/pronunciation-guide/
HINDI PHONETIC CHAPTER
Phonics Chapter 2 : Two Letter Words | Learn Phonics For Kids | Phonics Classroom Teaching Lessons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gO-oaNbvNY
English Vocabulary -- Words for the Kitchen -- American English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzI2Uo-v3g

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Pronunciation Guide

This list contains the main sounds of standard British English (the one that’s associated with southern England, also often called Received Pronunciation). The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols appear on my Web pages; the text equivalents are for my weekly e-mail newsletters. See the bottom of the page for some important notes.

Consonants

The following letters have their usual values in English:

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, z.

IPA	Text	Examples		IPA	Text	Examples
ɡ	g	get, go, guard		tʃ	tS	chip, chin, nature
dʒ	dZ	judge, soldier		x	x	Scots loch
ŋ	N	sing, ring, finger		θ	T	thin, thick, strength
ð	D	then, bathe, lather		ʃ	S	she, sugar, machine
ʒ	Z	pleasure, vision		j	j	yet, use, beauty

Short vowels

IPA	Text	Examples		IPA	Text	Examples
æ	a	cat, bad, trap		ɛ	e	bed, net, dress
ə	@	about, comma		ɪ	I	kit, bid, hymn
i	i	happy, glorious		ɒ	Q	hot, odd, wash
ʌ	V	dug, run, strut		ʊ	U	book, put, foot

Long vowels

IPA	Text	Examples		IPA	Text	Examples
ɑː	A:	cart, arm, father		iː	i:	meet, see, fleece
ɜː	3:	her, nurse, learn		uː	u:	boot, too, group
ɔː	O:	port, saw, thaw

Diphthongs/triphthongs

IPA	Text	Examples		IPA	Text	Examples
aɪ	aI	bite, my, price		aʊ	aU	brow, how, mouth
eɪ	eI	fate, day, break		əʊ	@U	goat, show, no
ɪə	I@	pier, near, weary		ɔɪ	OI	boil, choice, boy
ʊə	U@	tour, cure, jury		eə	e@	hair, dare, various
aʊə	aU@	sour, cower, flour		aɪə	aI@	fire, buyer, liar

Other symbols

IPA	Text	Purpose
ˈ	’	Precedes the syllable which has the primary stress
ˌ	,	Precedes a syllable which has a secondary stress
( )	( )	Surround an optional sound
ʔ	?	Glottal stop

Some French vowel sounds

IPA	Text	Examples		IPA	Text	Examples
ø	2	jeu		ɔ	O	bottes, bol
œ	9	oeuf, soeur		y	y	sucre, tu
ɑ̃	a~	banque, sans		ɛ̃	e~	cinq, saint
ɔ̃	o~	bonbons, son		œ̃	9~	un, lundi, brun

Notes

With minor changes, the IPA scheme is that of the Oxford English Dictionary, Collins Dictionaries and the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, while the text symbols are those of the European SAMPA scheme, with minor changes to aid comprehension by non-linguists.

To view IPA you must have a font on your computer that includes the IPA extensions, such as Lucida Sans Unicode, Doulos SIL or Arial Unicode MS. If the symbols are visible in the IPA column above, then you already have such a font installed. The site preference is for Lucida Sans Unicode, a font which is widely installed on Windows systems. See your system help files for how to install fonts.

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Speech Sounds And Letters

Many linguists use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to transcribe speech sounds. Although this writing system has its advantages, it can be confusing for English speakers, since the letter /e/ represents the long “a” sound, as it does in Spanish, rather than the “ee” we might expect (while /i/ represents “ee”).

For this reason, I’ve tried to use my own descriptions, using characters that are as available and accessible as possible.

Vowels (the hardest part)

Here you’ll find “my symbol” = /IPA/ description as in “example” for each sound.

Again, since I’ve used my own speech sounds (west-coast-United-States English), yours may be different. That’s one of the things that makes English such an exciting language.

Consonants (simple in comparison!)

Give it a go!

When reading words from Trinka’s world, remember that each symbol represents a speech sound, not a letter of the English/Latin alphabet. So where’s the letter “c”? There isn’t one. Use the “k” or “s” or “ch” symbol, depending on which sound you want. Where’s the “q”? Use the “k” and “w” sounds together. Where’s the “x”? Use the “k” and “s” sounds together. (Or the “z,” depending…)

Modify!

Of course, if you want to modify any of these writing systems for your own speech sounds or alphabet, go for it. Enjoy writing (and reading) secret messages, and unlock the joy of words!

More about speech sounds…

If you’d like to find out more about speech sounds from all sorts of languages, and the symbols linguists use to describe them, check out this page from the University of Victoria with the International Phonetic Alphabet, with audio clips of each sound.