IPA Flashcards
æ
cAt, mAp
I
sIt, tIp
e
mEn, tEn
ð
THe
θ
THink
ʊ
bOOk, lOOk
i:
rEAd, sEEd
u:
tOO, tOOl
ɪə
hERE, sEAR
eɪ
Day, play
Ə
AmericA, rElaxed, bAlloon
ɜ:
Word, absurd
ɔ:
sOrt, fOUr
ʊə
tOUR,
ɔɪ
bOY, tOY
əʊ
gO, sO
ʌ
bUt, sUn
a:
pArt, cAr
ɒ
nOt, pOt
eə
wEAr, flAIr
ɑɪ
mY, pIE
ɑʊ
hOW, plOW
p
Pig, Poor
b
Bed, Bad
t
Time, Too
d
Do, Dump
tʃ
CHurCH, CHore
dʒ
JuDGE, Just
k
Kill, Kilo
g
Go, Grab
f
Five, For
v
Very, Vote
s
Six, Sink
z
Zoo, Zebra
ʃ
Short, Shit
ʒ
caSual
m
Milk, Mount
n
No, Neighbor
ŋ
siNG, boriNG
h
Hello, Hold
L
Live, Loop
r
Read, Rare
w
Window, Wore
j
Yes, pUre
Voiced or voiceless (b)
Voiced
Voiced or voiceless? (p)
Voiceless
Glottals are
Voiceless
Tense vowels
i, u
Rounded vowels
u, ɔ, ʊ
i
Eat, Evil
What is a suprasegmental? Give four examples
It is a phonetic characteristic of speech sounds. Four examples are length, tone, intonation, and stress.
Glottal stop (ʔ)
uh-oh, buTTon, curTain
Flap (ɾ)
buTTer, uDDer, reaDy
ɔ
bOUght, cAUght, cOre, lAw
Tense v. lax vowels
Tense vowels are more prolonged than lax vowel. (E.g. i/I, u/ʊ)