KEY
to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet )
symbols for British English
NAME
EXAMPLES
1.
i
‘i’ + length mark
Eden, bean, be
2.
small capital ‘i’
ill, Billy, England
3.
e
‘e’
end, less, steady
4.
æ
‘ash’
Alice, brand, salmon
5.
turned ‘v’ / ‘hut’
up, bun, cousin, son
6.
script ‘a’+ length
mark
arc, card, far, heart
7.
turned & reversed
script ‘a’
often, lost, wand
8.
open ‘o’ + length
mark
or, force, core, all, four, paw, warn, board
9.
‘upsilon’
pull, bush, woman, sugar
10.
u
‘u’+ length mark
Luke, shoe, fruit, blue, crew, mood,
11.
reversed ‘epsilon’ +
length mark
earn, fern, shirt, burn, fur, word,
12.
‘schwa’
melon, even, England, across, better
13.
e
‘e’ + small capital ‘i’
ale, bake, stain, say, break
14.
a
type ‘a’ + small
capital ‘i’
I, bike, lie, style,
15.
open ‘o’ ++ small
capital ‘i’
oil, voice, destroy
16.
a
type ‘a’ + ‘upsilon’
out, house, now
17.
‘schwa’+ ‘upsilon’
open, Poland, go, grow, coat, Joe
18.
small capital ‘i’ +
‘schwa’
ear, fierce, clear, steer, idea
19.
e
‘e’ + ‘schwa’
air, parent, stare
20.
‘upsilon’ + ‘schwa’
moor, cruel, fury
21.
p
‘p’
pen, happy, map
22.
t
‘t’
tell, Betty, net
23.
k
‘k’
can, lucky, rack
24.
b
‘b’
Ben, hobby, rob
25.
d
‘d’
Dan, steady, red
26.
‘g’
gap, baggy, lag
27.
s
‘s’
sill, messy, nice
28.
z
‘z’
zoo, easy, his
29.
‘esh’
shock, fiction, rush
30.
‘ezh’
genre, fusion, rouge
31.
f
‘f’
fan, coffee, rough, Phill
32.
v
‘v’
vet, living, move
33.
‘theta’
thanks, Cathy, mouth
34.
‘eth’
then, mother, smooth
35.
t
‘t’ + ‘esh’
chin, nature, fetch
36.
d
‘d’ + ‘ezh’
jin, midget, ridge
37.
m
‘m’
mill, Roman, him
38.
n
‘n’
nest, penny, men
39.
‘eng’
singer, king, linger
40.
l
‘l’
lend, silly, fill
41.
r
‘r’
red, carry
42.
j
‘j’
yet,
43.
w
‘w’
west, when, quad
44.
h
‘h’
hand, beehive, who