IPA Vowels Flashcards
High-Front, Tense, Unrounded
/i/ (bee)
High-Front, Lax, Unrounded
/ɪ/ (big)
Mid-Front, Tense, Unrounded
/e/ (bay)
Mid-Front, Lax, Unrounded
/ɛ/ (bed)
Low-Front, Lax, Unrounded
/æ/ (bat)
High-Back, Tense, Rounded
/u/ (boot)
High-Back, Lax, Rounded
/ʊ/ (book)
Mid-Back, Tense, Rounded
/o/ and /ɔ/ (boat and bought)
Low-Back, Tense, Unrounded
/ɑ/ (bot)
Mid-Central, Lax, Unstressed, Unrounded
/ə/ (about)
Mid-Central, Lax, Stressed, Unrounded
/ʌ/ (bun)
Mid-Central, Lax, Rhotic (R-Colored), Unstressed, Rounded
/ɚ/ (butter)
Mid-Central, Tense, Rhotic (R-Colored), Stressed, Rounded
/ɝ/ (bird)
Vowel Diphthong “eye”
/ɑɪ/ or /aɪ/ or /ɑi/ or /ai/
Vowel Diphthong “ow”
/ɑʊ/ or /aʊ/
Vowel Diphthong “oi”
/ɔɪ/
Vowel Diphthong “you”
/ju/
Rhotic Vowel Diphthong “ear”
/ɪɚ/ or /iɚ/
Rhotic Vowel Diphthong “air”
/ɛɚ/ or /eɚ/
Rhotic Vowel Diphthong “or”
/ɔɚ/ or /oɚ/
Rhotic Vowel Diphthong “are”
/ɑɚ/
Rhotic Vowel Diphthong “Eastern dialect air”
/æɚ/
epsilon
/ɛ/
ash
/æ/
closed o
/o/
open o
/ɔ/
caret or wedge
/ʌ/
schwa
/ə/
unstressed schwar
/ɚ/
stressed schwar
/ɝ/
