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Phoneme list • eng-US

Phoneme

Example

Index

IPA

LHP

Kirshenbaum

Word

IPA

LHP

Kirshenbaum

23

ɑ

A

A

g(o)t

ˈgɑt

'gAt

'gAt

25

ɛ

E

E

f(e)ll

ˈfɛl

'fEl

'fEl

27

i

i

i

f(ee)l

ˈfil

'fil

'fil

38

ɪ

I

I

f(i)ll

ˈfɪl

'fIl

'fIl

31

ɔ

O

O

f(a)ll

ˈfɔl

'fOl

'fOl

32

u

u

u

f(oo)l

ˈful

'ful

'ful

26

ə

$

@

(a)llow

ə.ˈla͡ʊ

$.'la&U

@.'la&U

39

æ

@

&

c(a)t

ˈkæt

'k@t

'k&t

40

ʌ

^

V

c(u)t

ˈkʌt

'k^t

'kVt

41

ʊ

U

U

f(u)ll

ˈfʊl

'fUl

'fUl

42

ɜ

E0

V<ctl>

c(u)rt

ˈkɜɻt

'kE0R+t

'kV<ctl>r<rfx>t

43

e͡ɪ

e&I

e&I

f(ai)l

ˈfe͡ɪl

'fe&Il

'fe&Il

44

ɔ͡ɪ

O&I

O&I

f(oi)l

ˈfɔ͡ɪl

'fO&Il

'fO&Il

45

a͡ɪ

a&I

a&I

f(i)le

ˈfa͡ɪl

'fa&Il

'fa&Il

46

a͡ʊ

a&U

a&U

f(ou)l

ˈfa͡ʊl

'fa&Ul

'fa&Ul

47

o͡ʊ

o&U

o&U

g(oa)l

ˈgo͡ʊl

'go&Ul

'go&Ul

19

j

j

j

(y)es

ˈjɛs

'jEs

'jEs

20

w

w

w

(wh)y

ˈwa͡ɪ

'wa&I

'wa&I

11

p

p

p

(p)it

ˈpɪt

'pIt

'pIt

1

b

b

b

(b)it

ˈbɪt

'bIt

'bIt

15

t

t

t

(t)op

ˈtɑp

'tAp

'tAp

2

d

d

d

(d)ig

ˈdɪg

'dIg

'dIg

5

k

k

k

(c)at

ˈkæt

'k@t

'k&t

4

g

g

g

(g)ot

ˈgɑt

'gAt

'gAt

3

f

f

f

(f)at

ˈfæt

'f@t

'f&t

16

v

v

v

(v)at

ˈvæt

'v@t

'v&t

13

s

s

s

(s)eal

ˈsil

'sil

'sil

17

z

z

z

(z)eal

ˈzil

'zil

'zil

14

ʃ

S

S

(sh)ip

ˈʃɪp

'SIp

'SIp

18

ʒ

Z

Z

lei(s)ure

ˈli.ʒəɻ

'li.Z$R+

'li.Z@r<rfx>

48

h

h

h

(h)at

ˈhæt

'h@t

'h&t

7

m

m

m

(m)an

ˈmæn

'm@n

'm&n

8

n

n

n

(n)ut

ˈnʌt

'n^t

'nVt

9

ŋ

nK

N

ri(ng)

ˈɻɪŋ

'R+InK

'r<rfx>IN

6

l

l

l

(l)ip

ˈlɪp

'lIp

'lIp

49

ʔ

?

?

()eat

ˈʔit

'?it

'?it

50

θ

T

T

(th)in

ˈθɪn

'TIn

'TIn

51

ð

D

D

(th)en

ˈðɛn

'DEn

'DEn

52

ɻ

R+

r<rfx>

(r)ip

ˈɻɪp

'R+Ip

'r<rfx>Ip

53

ɾ

r6

*

bu(tt)er

ˈbʌ.ɾəɻ

'b^.r6$R+

'bV.*@r<rfx>

54

n%)

n<syl>

did(n')t

ˈdɪ.dn̩t

'dI.dn%)t

'dI.dn<syl>t

55

l%)

l<syl>

batt(le)

ˈbæ.ɾl̩

'b@.r6l%)

'b&.*l<syl>

56

t͡ʃ

t&S

t&S

ca(tch)

ˈkæt͡ʃ

'k@t&S

'k&t&S

57

d͡ʒ

d&Z

d&Z

(j)ourney

ˈd͡ʒɜɻ.ni

'd&ZE0R+.ni

'd&ZV<ctl>r<rfx>.ni

100

.

.

.

Syllable break

101

ˈ

'

'

primary stress

102

ˌ

'2

'2

secondary stress

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