International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols Consonants What is IPA

International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols: Consonants

What is IPA? The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system where each symbol is related to a particular English sound. By using IPA you can know exactly how to pronounce a certain word in English. We use /x/ or [x] to indicate that it is a sound.

How many sounds are there ? VOWEL CONSONANT TOTAL 20 24 44

/p/ Pair Cup Slap Push Spend Pound Perfect Power Pet Soap Shape Proper Paranoid Proverb Precaution Promotion /b/ Blooper Bird Black Board Bag Bubble Build Robe Reborn Crab Bet Object Subject Baby Burn Bad

/t/ But Shut Not Touch Total Toy Battle Time /d/ Train Tow Late Night Bought Cut Pot Later Door Day Drive Down Feed Do Could Cuddle Advice Bed Date Edit Direction Ground Solid Slide Should Dare

/v / /f / Fat Fun Fight Draught Cough Enough Sniff Laugh Phone Food Four Lift Graph Tough First Fish Very Various Above Native Vest Active Village View Convert Cave Involve Vast Over Van Stephen

/θ/ Thought Think Bath Thing Both Birthday South North /ð/ There those Brothers Others This Father Them

/r/ Right Road Track Rough Carrot Bury Transfer Marriage Mysterious Berry Chemistry Arrange Insert Reset Extra Train

/s / Small Smell Scene Suffer Sink Stop Speak Sun Son Goes Zoo Crazy Lazy Zigzag Nose Zoo Xenophon Zinc present music puzzle poison cheesecake /z/

/ʃ/ Crash Dish Establish Fashion Discussion Expression impression Mission Professional Russia Session Option Rational Station Tradition Conclusion Confusion Decision Division Occasion Provision Television Vision Exposure Measure Pleasure Delusion Casual /ʒ /

/ʈʃ/ /dʒ/ Choose Cheese Church Watch Catch Touch Fetch Future Joy Juggle Juice Stage Judge Fridge Age General

/m /Room Mother Mad More Man Ham Mud Comb Thumb Pump /n / Noise Never Turn Learn Can Under Animal Aunty Universe Nut Knock /ŋ/ Uncle Bingo Long King Nothing Being Freezing Tongue Singer Strong Shocking

/h / High, help, hello, hide, hood, however, hobby, hut, hurry, hunt, hockey, harsh, hope, have /l / Law, lots, leap, long, pill, cold, chill, melt, love, clove, liver, leave, last, small, bottle, list, lose

/w / Water Wall Work World Quick Window Twin Why Wanted Where /j/ Yellow Usual Tune Yesterd ay Yard Yes You Universi ty Yet Yolk

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