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