English Phonetic Sounds

Consonant Sounds(24)

/b/: as in bat

/p/: as in pin

/m/: as in man

/f/: as in fish

/d/: as in dog

/t/: as in top

/l/: as in leg

/n/: as in nose

/g/: as in go

/k/: as in cat

/h/: as in hat

/j/: as in yes

/ʃ/: as in she

/r/: as in red

/s/: as in sit

/v/: as in van

/w/: as in win

/z/: as in zoo

/θ/: as in think

/ð/: as in this

/ʒ/: as in measure

/ŋ/: as in sing

/tʃ/: as in chip

/dʒ/: as in jam

Monophthongs (Pure Vowel, US:10/UK:11)

/iː/: as in see

/ɪ/: as in sit

/e/: as in bed

/æ/: as in cat

/ɑː/: as in car

/ʌ/: as in cup

/ɔː/: as in call

/ʊ/: as in put

/uː/: as in blue

/ə/: as in sofa (schwa, the most common vowel sound in English)

/ɒ/: as in cot (UK English)

Diphthongs Vowels Glides, US:5/UK:9)

/eɪ/: as in face

/aɪ/: as in fly

/ɔɪ/: as in boy

/aʊ/: as in now

/oʊ/: as in go (US English)

/əʊ/: as in go (UK English)

/ɪə/: as in near (UK English)

/eə/: as in hair (UK English)

/ʊə/: as in tour (UK English)