IPA Flashcards
/i/
‘feet’
High
Front
Unrounded
Tense
/ɪ/
‘Pit’
High
Front
Unrounded
Lax
/e/
‘dec-a-de’
High-mid
Front
Unrounded
Tense
*unstressed
/ɛ/
‘bed’
low-mid
Front
Unrounded
Lax
/æ/
‘cat’
low
front
unrounded
lax
/u/
‘moon’
high
back
rounded
tense
/ʊ/
‘book’
high
back
rounded
lax
/o/
‘prov-o-st’
high-mid
back
rounded
tense
*unstressed
/ɔ/
‘caught’
low-mid
back
rounded
tense
/ɑ/
‘top’
low
back
unrounded
tense
/ə/
‘around’
mid
central
unrounded
lax
*unstressed
/ʌ/
‘Duck’
low-mid
back-central
unrounded
lax
/ɚ/
‘p-er-haps’
mid
central
rounded
lax
*unstressed
/ɝ/
‘bird’
mid
central
rounded
tense
*stressed
/ɪɹ/
‘ear’
/ɛɹ/
‘air’
/ʊɹ/
‘tour’
/ɔɹ/
‘boar’
/ɑɹ/
‘tar’
/eɪ/
‘bait’
*/e/ stressed
/oʊ/
‘Rome’
*/o/ stressed
/aɪ/
‘fly’
/ɔɪ/
‘boy’
/aʊ/
‘cow’
/p/
‘pat’
bilabial
voiceless
stop
/b/
‘boy’
bilabial
voiced
stop
/t/
‘tap’
alveolar
voiceless
stop
/d/
‘dog’
alveolar
voiced
stop
/ɾ/
Alveolar flap
intervocalic /t/ or /d/ ‘battle’ ‘coddle’
/ʔ/
Glottal stop
voiceless /t/ ‘mountain’
/k/
‘cotton’
velar
voiceless
stop
/g/
‘goat’
velar
voiced
stop
[ pʰ tʰ kʰ ]
Aspiration
[ p ̚ ]
unreleased
/m/
‘mend’
bilabial
voiced
nasal
/n/
‘nail’
alveolar
voiced
nasal
/ŋ/
‘finger’
‘running’
velar
voiced
nasal
