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IPA

This page gives an overview of all the sounds in the English language. Click on the audio to hear the various sounds. To learn more about an individual sound click on the name next to the audio file which will take you to more in-depth information about that sound.

Vowels	Click to Hear	Consonants	Click to Hear	Consonants	Click to Hear
/i/ (beat)		/p/ (pit)		/b/ (bit)
/ɪ/ (bit)		/t/ (town)		/d/ (down)
/e/ (bait)		/k/ (coat)		/g/ (goat)
/ɛ/ (bet)		/f/ (fine)		/v/ (vine)
/æ/ (bat)		/h/ (heap)		/w/ (weep)
/u/ (boot)		/θ/ (thigh)		/ð/ (thy)
/ʊ/ (book)		/s/ (sip)		/z/ (zip)
/o/ (boat)		/ʃ/ (sheep)		/ʒ/ (azure)
/ɔ/ (bought)		/tʃ/ (cheap)		/dʒ/ (jeep)
/a/ (bot)		/m/ (made)		/j/ (yes)
/ə/ (banana)		/n/ (new)		/l/ (lead)
/ɚ/ (butter)		/ŋ/ (sing)		/r/ (read)
/aj/ (bite)		Visit the pages below for more information:
/aw/ (bough)		Consonants		Vowels
/ɔj/ (boy)		Record and Listen		For more information on Nanogong visit: The Gong Project

Last Updated March 30, 2011
Stephanie Buechele - 2011