| Consonants
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| IPA |
امثلة
|
| b
|
buy, cab
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| d
|
die, cad
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| ð
|
thy, breathe, father
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| dʒ
|
giant, badge
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| f
|
phi, caff
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| ɡ (ˈɡ)[1]
|
guy, cag
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| h
|
high, ahead
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| j
|
yes, hallelujah
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| k
|
chi, sky, crack
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| l
|
lie, sly, gal
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| m
|
my, smile, cam
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| n
|
nigh, snide, ban
|
| ŋ
|
gang, sink, ringer
|
| ŋɡ
|
finger
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| θ
|
thigh, math
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| p
|
pie, spy, cap
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| r
|
rye, try, very[2]
|
| s
|
sigh, mass
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| ʃ
|
shy, cash, emotion
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| t
|
tie, sty, cat
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| tʃ
|
China, catch
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| v
|
vie, have
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| w
|
wye, swine
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| hw
|
why[3]
|
| z
|
xi, zoo, has
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| ʒ
|
pleasure, vision, beige[4]
|
| Marginal consonants
|
| x
|
ugh, loch, Chanukah[5]
|
| ʔ
|
uh-oh /ˈʌʔoʊ/, Hawai‘i /həˈwaɪʔiː/[6]
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Traditional monophthongs |
R-colored vowels[7]
|
| æ
|
bat, bad, shall, ban
|
ær
|
barrow, marry
|
| ɑː
|
balm, father, bra
|
ɑr
|
bar, mar, party, starring (/ɑːr./)
|
| ɒ
|
bot, pod, John, doll[8]
|
ɒr
|
moral, forage
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| ɔː
|
bawd, caught, dawn, ball, straw[9]
|
ɔr
|
born, for, aural (/ɔːr./)
|
| oʊ
|
code, boat, goal, bone, go[10]
|
ɔər
|
boar, four, more, oral (/oʊr./)[11]
|
| ʊ
|
good, foot, pull, Sunni
|
ʊər
|
boor, moor, tourist (/uːr./)[12]
|
| uː
|
food, lute, pool, soon, blue
|
| ʌ
|
bud, but, dull, gun[13]
|
ʌr
|
hurry, Murray
|
| ɜr
|
bird, myrrh, furry (also /ɝː/)[14]
|
| ɛ
|
bed, pet, bell, men
|
ɛr
|
berry, merry
|
| eɪ
|
fade, fate, fail, vein, pay
|
ɛər
|
bear, mare, Mary (/eɪr./)
|
| ɪ
|
bid, pit, bill, bin
|
ɪr
|
mirror
|
| iː
|
bead, peat, feel, mean, sea
|
ɪər
|
beer, mere, serious (/iːr./)
|
| Traditional diphthongs
|
| aɪ
|
ride, write, file, fine, pie
|
ɔɪ
|
void, exploit, foil, coin, boy
|
| aʊ
|
out, loud, owl, down, how
|
juː
|
cute, hue, pew, dew[15]
|
| Reduced vowels
|
| ə
|
Rosa’s, a mission
|
ən
|
button
|
| i
|
happy, serious[16]
|
əm
|
rhythm
|
ɨ, ɪ
|
roses, emission [17]
|
əl
|
bottle
|
ʊ
|
beautiful, curriculum ([jʊ])[18]
|
ər
|
perform, mercer (also /ɚ/)[14]
|
| ɵ
|
following, omission[19]
|
|
| Stress
|
Syllabification
|
| IPA |
أَمْثِلَة
|
IPA |
أَمْثِلَة
|
| ˈ
|
intonation /ˌɪntɵˈneɪʃən/,[20] battleship /ˈbætəlʃɪp/[21]
|
.
|
shellfish /ˈʃel.fɪʃ/, selfish /ˈself.ɨʃ/ nitrate /ˈnaɪ.treɪt/, night-rate /ˈnaɪt.reɪt/ moai /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/[22]
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| ˌ
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