IPA chart for English dialects

This concise chart shows the most common applications of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent English language pronunciations.

See Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.

• AuE = Australian English^[1]
• CaE = Canadian English
• GA = General American
• IrE = Irish English
• NZE = New Zealand English
• RP = Received Pronunciation (England)^[2]
• ScE = Scottish English
• SAE = South African English
• WaE = Welsh English

Note: An image of the chart is also available.

IPA Examples IPA: English Consonants p, pʰ pen, spin, tip b but, web t, tʰ[3] two, sting, bet d[4] do, odd tʃʰ chair, nature, teach dʒ gin, joy, edge k, kʰ cat, kill, skin, queen, unique, thick ɡ go, get, beg f fool, enough, leaf, off, photo v voice, have, of θ[5] thing, teeth ð[6] this, breathe, father s see, city, pass z zoo, rose ʃ she, sure, emotion, leash ʒ pleasure, beige, seizure x Scottish loch[7] h ham m man, ham n no, tin ŋ ringer, sing,[8] finger, drink l, ɫ[9] left, bell ɹ, ɹʷ run, very[10] w we, queen j yes ʍ what[11]   IPA: Marginal Sounds ʔ uh-(ʔ)oh

IPA Examples AuE CaE GA IrE NZE RP ScE SAE WaE compro- mise Lexical set IPA: English Vowels æ, æː[12] æ æ ɛ æ a a æ TRAP lad, bad, cat[13] aː ɑ/ɒ ɑ ɑː ɐː ɑː aː ɑː PALM father ɔ ɑ ɒ ɒ ɔ ɒ ɒ LOT not, wasp oː ɔ ɔː oː ɔː ɒː ɔː THOUGHT law, caught[14], all, halt, talk ə ə ə ɘ ə ə ə ə COMMA about ɨ ɨ ɪ ɨ ɨ ɨ English ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ ɪ KIT sit i i i i i i iː i HAPPY city iː iː iː iː iː FLEECE see eː meat æɪ eɪ/e eɪ æe eɪ e eː eɪ FACE date ei day, pain, whey, rein e ɛ ɛ ɛ e ɛ ɛ ɛ ɛ DRESS bed[15] ɜː(ɹ) ɝ/ɹ̩ ɝ/ɹ̩ ʌɾ[16] ɵː(ɹ) ɜː(ɹ) ʌɾ[16] ɜː(ɾ) ɜr NURSE burn ɛɾ[16] ɛɾ[16] herd, earth ɪɾ[16] ɪɾ[16] bird aː(ɹ) ɑɹ ɑɹ ɐː(ɹ) ɑː(ɹ) aɾ aː(ɾ) ɑr START arm, car a ʌ ʌ ɔ, ʊ ɐ ʌ ʌ ɜ ʌ STRUT run, won, flood ʊ ʊ ʊ ʊ ʊ ʉ ʊ ʊ FOOT put uː hood ʉː u u ʉː uː uː uː GOOSE soon, through ə(ɹ) ɚ/ɹ̩ ɚ/ɹ̩ ɘ(ɹ) ə(ɹ) əɾ ə(ɾ) ər LETTER winner[17] ɑe aɪ, ʌɪ[18] aɪ, ʌɪ ɔɪ ɑe aɪ aɪ ai aɪ PRICE my, wise, high oɪ ɔɪ ɔɪ oe ɔɪ oi ɒi ɔɪ CHOICE boy, hoist əʉ oʊ/o oʊ oː ɐʉ əʊ o oː oʊ GOAT no, toe, soap ou tow, soul, roll, cold, folk æɔ aʊ, ʌʊ[18] aʊ æo aʊ aʊ au aʊ MOUTH now, trout jʉː (j)u (j)u juː jʉː juː jʉ ɪu juː - cute, few, dew ɪə(ɹ) ɪɹ ɪɹ iə(ɹ) ɪə(ɹ) iɾ ɪə(ɾ) ɪər NEAR deer, here eː(ɹ) ɛɹ ɛɹ eə(ɹ) eə(ɹ)[19] eɾ ɛː(ɾ) ɛər SQUARE mare, there, bear oː(ɹ) ɔɹ ɔɹ ɑɾ oː(ɹ) ɔː(ɹ) ɔɾ ɒː(ɾ) ɔr NORTH sort, warm oɹ, ɔɹ oːɾ oɾ oː(ɾ) ɔər FORCE tore, boar, port ʊə(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ) ʊɹ ʊɹ ʊɐ(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ) ʊə(ɹ)[20] uɾ ʊə(ɾ) ʊər CURE tour, lure jʊə(ɹ), jʉːə(ɹ) jʊɹ, jɝ jʊɹ, jɝ jʊɐ(ɹ), jʉːə(ɹ) jʊə(ɹ), jɔ:(ɹ) juɾ ɪʊə(ɾ) jʊər - pure, Europe AuE CaE GA IrE NZE RP ScE SAE WaE compro- mise Lexical set Examples

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• "Vowel wheel" - a subjective schematic of English vowel sounds as pronounced in a General American accent.
• NATO phonetic alphabet - also known as the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet or military alphabet. The NATO phonetic alphabet is often confused with the IPA because of the occurrence of "phonetic" in its name. However, the NATO alphabet is a cipher of the Latin alphabet, while the IPA strives for one-to-one representation of the sounds of all spoken languages.
• Phonetic alphabets (military)
• Pronunciation respelling for English
• SAMPA chart for English
• English phonology

[edit] References

• Gimson, A. C. (1980). An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, 3rd edn., London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6287-2. 
• Kenyon, John Samuel (1950). American Pronunciation, 10th edn., Ann Arbor: George Wahr. 
• Kenyon, John S.; Thomas A. Knott (1944/1953). A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-047-7. 
• Roach, Peter (2004), "British English: Received Pronunciation", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (2): 239-245
• Wells, J. C. (2000). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 2nd edn., Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 0-582-36468-X. 

[edit] External links

• Learning the IPA for English, (Standard American English)
• Online keyboard with MP3 sound files for IPA symbols
• IPA chart with AIFF sound files for IPA symbols
• IPA chart with MP3 sound files for all IPA symbols on the chart (limited version is available to anyone)
• The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2005) Symbols for all languages are shown on this one-page chart.
• lexconvert a GPL command-line program to convert between Unicode IPA and the ASCII notations of various English speech synthesizers
• LONGMAN Dictionary of Contemporary English ONLINE uses IPA.
• Online IPA editor for English
• Online/Offline IPA editor for English
• IPA transcription systems for English — discussion by John C. Wells of RP transcriptions