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Phonemic symbols
Vowel sounds Consonant sounds
Symbol Examples Symbol Examples
/i:/ sleep me /p/ put
/i/ happy recipe /b/ book
/I/ pin dinner /t/ take
/U/ foot could pull /d/ dog
/u:/ do shoe through /k/ car kick
/e/ red head said /g/ go guitar
/@/ arrive father colour /tS/ catch church
/:/ turn bird work /dZ/ age lounge
/O:/ sort thought walk /f/ for cough photograph
/ae/ cat black /v/ love vehicle
// sun enough wonder /T/ thick path
/ɒ/ got watch sock /D/ this mother
/A:/ part heart laugh /s/ since rice
/z/ zoo houses
/eI/ name late aim /S/ shop sugar machine
/aI/ my idea time /Z/ pleasure usual vision
/OI/ boy noise /h/ hear hotel
/e@/ pair where bear /m/ make
/I@/ hear beer /n/ name now know
/@U/ go home show /ŋ/ bring
/aU/ out cow /l/ look while
/U@/ pure fewer /r/ road
/j/ young
/w/ wear
This shows that the next syllable is the one with the stress.
This is used when some longer words have a second stress, less strong than on the main stressed
syllable.
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