Phonetic Alphabets Reference
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Phonetic alphabets reference
The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as used in phonemic transcriptions in
modern English dictionaries.
The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which can be used to
type t he pro nunciatio n of word s on a comput er without t he use of special fo nts.
For a full description of the alphabets + audio recordings of the sounds, visit www.antimoon.com/ipa
vowels consonants
IPA ASCII examples IPA ASCII examples
U
^ cu
p
, luc
k
b
b
b
ad, la
b
@9
a: a
rm, fathe
r
d
d
d
i
d
, la
d
y
æ
@
cat, blac
k
fffind, if
?
.. a
wa
y
, cine
m
a
g
g
g
ive, fla
g
d
e
m
et, be
d
hhhow, hello
29
q
e:
(
r
)
tu
r
n, lea
r
n
j
j
y
es,
y
ellow
H
i hi
t, sittin
g
k
k
cat, bac
k
h9
i: see
, heat l l le
g
, little
P
o ho
t,
r
oc
k
m
m
m
an, le
m
on
N9
o: ca
ll, fou
r
nnno, ten
T
u
p
ut, coul
d
M
Nsin
g
, fin
g
e
r
t9
u:
b
lue, foo
d
p
p
p
et, ma
p
`H
ai fi
ve, e
y
e
r
r
r
ed, t
r
y
`T
au now
, out s s sun, miss
nT/?T
Ou
g
o, home
R
Sshe, crash
d?
q
e..
(
r
)
where, ai
r
tttea,
g
ettin
g
dH
ei sa
y
, ei
g
ht
s
R
tS check, chu
r
ch
H?
q
i..
(
r
)
nea
r
, here
S
th think, both
nH
oi
b
o
y
,
j
oin
C
TH this, mothe
r
T?
q
u..
(
r
)
p
ure, tou
r
ist
v
v
v
oice, five
www
et, window
zzz
oo, laz
y
Y
Z
p
leasure, vision
cY
dZ
j
ust, la
r
g
e
special symbols
IPA ASCII meaning
!
'
! is placed before the stressed syllable in a word. For example, the noun contract
is pronounced .!jPmsqæjs., and the verb to contract is pronounced .j?m!sqæjs..
q
(r)
.j`9
q
. means .j`9q. in American English and .j`9. in British English.
i i(:)
.h. means .h. or .H. or something in between.
Examples: very .!udqh., ability .?!aHkHsh., previous .!oqh9uh?r..
?
k -k-
.
?
k. shows that the consonant .k. is pronounced as a syllable. This means that
there is a short vowel (shorter than the .?. sound) before the consonant.
Examples: little .!kHs
?
k., uncle .!UMj
?
k..
?
m -m-
.
?
m. shows that the consonant .m. is pronounced as a syllable.
Examples: written .!qHs
?
m., listen .!kHr
?
m..
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