KEY to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet )
symbols for British English
NAME EXAMPLES
1.
 i + length mark Eden, bean, be
ig#
2.
small capital  i ill, Billy, England
Ż
3.
 e end, less, steady
e
4.
 ash Alice, brand, salmon
ć
5.
turned  v /  hut up, bun, cousin, son
i
6.
script  a + length arc, card, far, heart
ęg#
mark
7.
turned & reversed often, lost, wand
�
script  a
8.
open  o + length or, force, core, all, four, paw, warn, board
Pg#
mark
9.
 upsilon pull, bush, woman, sugar
h
10.
 u + length mark Luke, shoe, fruit, blue, crew, mood,
ug#
11.
reversed  epsilon + earn, fern, shirt, burn, fur, word,
�g#
length mark
12.
 schwa melon, even, England, across, better
R
13.
 e + small capital  i ale, bake, stain, say, break
eŻ
14.
type  a + small I, bike, lie, style,
aŻ
capital  i
15.
open  o ++ small oil, voice, destroy
PŻ
capital  i
16.
type  a +  upsilon out, house, now
ah
17.
 schwa +  upsilon open, Poland, go, grow, coat, Joe
Rh
18.
small capital  i + ear, fierce, clear, steer, idea
ŻR
 schwa
19.
 e +  schwa air, parent, stare
eR
20.
 upsilon +  schwa moor, cruel, fury
hR
21.
 p pen, happy, map
p
22.
 t tell, Betty, net
t
23.
 k can, lucky, rack
k
24.
 b Ben, hobby, rob
b
25.
 d Dan, steady, red
d
26.
 g gap, baggy, lag
�
27.
 s sill, messy, nice
s
28.
 z zoo, easy, his
z
29.
 esh shock, fiction, rush

30.
 ezh genre, fusion, rouge

31.
 f fan, coffee, rough, Phill
f
32.
 v vet, living, move
v
33.
 theta thanks, Cathy, mouth
�
34.
 eth then, mother, smooth
�
35.
 t +  esh chin, nature, fetch
t
36.
 d +  ezh jin, midget, ridge
d
37.
 m mill, Roman, him
m
38.
 n nest, penny, men
n
39.
 eng singer, king, linger
�
40.
 l lend, silly, fill
l
41.
 r red, carry
r
42.
 j yet,
j
43.
 w west, when, quad
w
44.
 h hand, beehive, who
h