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IPA NA English
IPA North American English Basic Phones
Term | Definition |
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[p] | voiceless bilabial plosive |
[b] | voiced bilabial plosive |
[t] | voiceless alveolar plosive |
[d] | voiced alveolar plosive |
[t͡ʃ] | voiceless postalveolar affricate |
[d͡ʒ] | voiced postalveolar affricate |
[k] | voiceless velar plosive/stop |
[ɡ] | voiced velar plosive/stop |
[ʔ] | voiceless glottal plosive/stop |
[f] | voiceless labiodental fricative |
[v] | voiced labiodental fricative |
[θ] | voiceless interdental fricative |
[ð] | voiced interdental fricative |
[s] | voiceless alveolar fricative |
[z] | voiced alveolar fricative |
[ʃ] | voiceless postalveolar fricative |
[ʒ] | voiced postalveolar fricative |
[h] | voiceless glottal fricative |
[m] | bilabial nasal stop |
[n] | alveolar nasal stop |
[ŋ] | velar nasal stop |
[l] | alveolar lateral approximant |
[r] | syllabic rhotic |
[j] | palatal central approximant |
[w] | labial-velar central approximant |
[i] | high front unrounded tense |
[ɪ] | high front unrounded lax |
[e] | mid front unrounded tense |
[ɛ] | mid front unrounded lax |
[æ] | low front unrounded |
[ɑ] | low back unrounded |
[ɒ] | low back round |
[ɔ] | mid back round lax |
[o] | mid back round tense |
[ʊ] | high back round lax |
[u] | hiɡh back round tense |
[ʌ] | mid central unrounded lax (stressed) |
[ə] | mid central unrounded lax (unstressed) |
[aɪ] | low central unrounded to high front unrounded diphthong |
[aʊ] | low central unrounded to high back round diphthong |
[ɔɪ] | mid back round to high front unrounded diphthong |