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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/ casual /k/ car kick

/u:/ do shoe through /g/ go guarantee

/e/ red head said /tS/ catch church

/@/ arrive father colour /dZ/ age lounge

/ɜ:/ turn bird work /f/ for cough photograph

/O:/ sort thought walk /v/ love vehicle

/æ/ cat black /T/ thick path

/ʌ/ sun enough wonder /D/ this mother

/ɒ/ got watch sock /s/ since rice

/A:/ part heart laugh /z/ zoo surprise

/S/ shop sugar machine

/eI/ name late aim /Z/ pleasure usual vision

/aI/ my idea time /h/ hear hotel

/OI/ boy noise /m/ make

/e@/ pair where bear /n/ name now know

/I@/ hear cheers /ŋ/ bring

/@U/ go home show /l/ look while

/aU/ out cow /r/ road

/U@/ pure fewer /j/ young

/w/ wear

ˈ This shows that the next syllable is the one with the stress.

ˌ This is used when some longer words have a second stress, less strong than on the main
stressed syllable.

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