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Phoneme

Example

Index

IPA

LHP

Kirshenbaum

Word

IPA

LHP

Kirshenbaum

23

ɑ

A

A

c(a)r

ˈkɑɻ

'kAR+

'kAr<rfx>

25

ɛ

E

E

b(e)d

ˈbɛd

'bEd

'bEd

27

i

i

i

b(ea)t

ˈbit

'bit

'bit

38

ɪ

I

I

b(i)t

ˈbɪt

'bIt

'bIt

31

ɔ

O

O

b(ough)t

ˈbɔt

'bOt

'bOt

32

u

u

u

b(oo)t

ˈbut

'but

'but

26

ə

$

@

(a)bout

ə.ˈba͡ʊt

$.'ba&Ut

@.'ba&Ut

39

æ

@

&

m(a)p

ˈmæp

'm@p

'm&p

64

ɒ

A+

A<rnd>

p(o)t

ˈpɒt

'pA+t

'pA<rnd>t

40

ʌ

^

V

b(u)t

ˈbʌt

'b^t

'bVt

41

ʊ

U

U

b(oo)k

ˈbʊk

'bUk

'bUk

42

ɜ

E0

V<ctl>

t(u)rn

ˈtɜɻn

'tE0R+n

'tV<ctl>r<rfx>n

65

ɪ͡ə

I&$

I&@

h(e)re

ˈhɪ͡əɻ

'hI&$R+

'hI&@r<rfx>

66

ɛ͡ə

E&$

E&@

th(e)re

ˈðɛ͡əɻ

'DE&$R+

'DE&@r<rfx>

67

ʊ͡ə

U&$

U&@

t(ou)r

ˈtʊ͡əɻ

'tU&$R+

'tU&@r<rfx>

43

e͡ɪ

e&I

e&I

b(ai)t

ˈbe͡ɪt

'be&It

'be&It

44

ɔ͡ɪ

O&I

O&I

b(oy)

ˈbɔ͡ɪ

'bO&I

'bO&I

45

a͡ɪ

a&I

a&I

b(uy)

ˈba͡ɪ

'ba&I

'ba&I

46

a͡ʊ

a&U

a&U

d(ow)n

ˈda͡ʊn

'da&Un

'da&Un

47

o͡ʊ

o&U

o&U

sh(ow)

ˈʃo͡ʊ

'So&U

'So&U

19

j

j

j

(y)ou

ˈju

'ju

'ju

20

w

w

w

(w)it

ˈwɪt

'wIt

'wIt

11

p

p

p

(p)an

ˈpæn

'p@n

'p&n

1

b

b

b

(b)oy

ˈbɔ͡ɪ

'bO&I

'bO&I

15

t

t

t

(t)an

ˈtæn

't@n

't&n

2

d

d

d

(d)ay

ˈde͡ɪ

'de&I

'de&I

5

k

k

k

(c)an

ˈkæn

'k@n

'k&n

4

g

g

g

(g)ot

ˈgɒt

'gA+t

'gA<rnd>t

3

f

f

f

(f)ine

ˈfa͡ɪn

'fa&In

'fa&In

16

v

v

v

(v)ine

ˈva͡ɪn

'va&In

'va&In

13

s

s

s

(s)in

ˈsɪn

'sIn

'sIn

17

z

z

z

(z)one

ˈzo͡ʊn

'zo&Un

'zo&Un

14

ʃ

S

S

(sh)ine

ˈʃa͡ɪn

'Sa&In

'Sa&In

18

ʒ

Z

Z

vi(s)ion

ˈvɪ.ʒn̩

'vI.Zn%)

'vI.Zn<syl>

48

h

h

h

(h)ead

ˈhɛd

'hEd

'hEd

7

m

m

m

(m)y

ˈma͡ɪ

'ma&I

'ma&I

8

n

n

n

(n)o

ˈno͡ʊ

'no&U

'no&U

9

ŋ

nK

N

so(ng)

ˈsɒŋ

'sA+nK

'sA<rnd>N

6

l

l

l

(l)et

ˈlɛt

'lEt

'lEt

49

ʔ

?

?

()eat

ˈʔit

'?it

'?it

50

θ

T

T

(th)in

ˈθɪn

'TIn

'TIn

51

ð

D

D

(th)at

ˈðæt

'D@t

'D&t

52

ɻ

R+

r<rfx>

(r)ide

ˈɻa͡ɪd

'R+a&Id

'r<rfx>a&Id

54

n%)

n<syl>

butt(on)

ˈbʌ.tn̩

'b^.tn%)

'bV.tn<syl>

55

l%)

l<syl>

bott(le)

ˈbɒ.tl̩

'bA+.tl%)

'bA<rnd>.tl<syl>

56

t͡ʃ

t&S

t&S

(ch)urch

ˈt͡ʃɜɻt͡ʃ

't&SE0R+t&S

't&SV<ctl>r<rfx>t&S

57

d͡ʒ

d&Z

d&Z

(j)ungle

ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.gl̩

'd&Z^nK.gl%)

'd&ZVN.gl<syl>

100

.

.

.

Syllable break

101

ˈ

'

'

primary stress

102

ˌ

'2

'2

secondary stress

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