IPA chart for English
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| The International Phonetic Alphabet |
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| Nonstandard symbols |
| Extended IPA |
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| IPA for English |
This chart shows concisely the most common ways in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the English language.
See Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.
- RP = Received Pronunciation
- GA = General American
- AuE = Australian English
- NZE = New Zealand English
- ScE = Scottish English
- SAE = South African English
- Note: An image of the chart is also available.
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| IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation | ||
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| IPA | Explanation | |
| ˈ | Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example rapping /ˈɹæpɪŋ/ | |
| ˌ | Secondary stress/full vowel, for example ' /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/ | |
| . | Syllable separator, for example ice cream /aɪs.krim/ vs. I scream /aɪ.skrim/ | |
| ̩ | Syllabic consonant, for example ridden /ˈɹɪdn̩/ | |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Marginal elsewhere.
- ^ In some dialects[specify] "ringer", "sing" etc are pronounced with an additional /ɡ/, like "finger": /ˈɹɪŋɡə/ rather than /ˈɹɪŋə/
- ^ The tap [ɾ] is found in some varieties of Scottish.
- ^ Some dialects, such as Scottish and much of the American South; see whine and wine and voiceless labiovelar approximant
- ^ Roach & 2004 (241-243)
- ^ Often transcribed /e/ for RP, for example in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ See Fern-fir-fur merger for this distinction.
- ^ See bad-lad split for this distinction.
- ^ Often transcribed /a/ for RP, for example in dictionaries of the Oxford University Press.
- ^ See low back merger for more discussion of this vowel in American English.
- ^ Sometimes transcribed for GA as [əɹ], especially in transcriptions that represent both rhotic and non-rhotic pronunciations, as [ə(ɹ)].
- ^ Alternative symbols used in British dictionaries are /ɛː/ (Oxford University Press) and /ɛə/.
[edit] See also
- "Vowel wheel" - a subjective schematic of English vowel sounds as pronounced in a General American accent.
- NATO phonetic alphabet - also known as the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet or military alphabet. The NATO phonetic alphabet is often confused with the IPA because of the occurrence of "phonetic" in its name. However, the NATO alphabet is a cipher of the Latin alphabet, while the IPA strives for one-to-one representation of the sounds of all spoken languages.
- Phonetic alphabets (military)
- Pronunciation respelling for English
- SAMPA chart for English
- English phonology
[edit] References
- Gimson, A. C. (1980). An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, 3rd edn., London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6287-2.
- Kenyon, John Samuel (1950). American Pronunciation, 10th edn., Ann Arbor: George Wahr.
- Kenyon, John S.; Thomas A. Knott (1944/1953). A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-047-7.
- Roach, Peter (2004), "British English: Received Pronunciation", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (2): 239-245
- Wells, J. C. (2000). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 2nd edn., Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 0-582-36468-X.
[edit] External links
- Learning the IPA for English, (Standard American English)
- Online keyboard with MP3 sound files for IPA symbols
- IPA chart with AIFF sound files for IPA symbols
- IPA chart with MP3 sound files for all IPA symbols on the chart (limited version is available to anyone)
- The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2005) Symbols for all languages are shown on this one-page chart.
- lexconvert a GPL command-line program to convert between Unicode IPA and the ASCII notations of various English speech synthesizers
- LONGMAN Dictionary of Contemporary English ONLINE uses IPA.
- Online IPA editor for English
- Online/Offline IPA editor for English
- IPA transcription systems for English — discussion by John C. Wells of RP transcriptionsbr:Lizherenneg Fonetikel Etrebroadel ar saozneg
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