Table OF English Phonemes PDF

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TABLE OF ENGLISH CONSONANT PHONEMES

Bilabial

Plosive

p

Labio dental

Dental Alveolar

b f

Fricative

v

T

D

t

d

s

z

Post Palato Palatal alveolar Alveolar

k S

m

g

x

n

h N

l

Lateral

r

Approximant Semivowel

Z

Glottal

tS dZ

Affricate Nasal

Velar

w

j

Sounds that exist in Spanish and are identical Sounds that exist in Spanish but are not identical Sounds that do not exist in Spanish

TABLE OF ENGLISH VOWELS

Pure vowels Symbol Vowel number

Diphthongs Vowel Symbol number

Triphthongs Symbol

1

i

13

eI

eI´

2

I

14

´U

´U´

3

e

15

aI (*)

aI´ (*)

4

œ

16

5

A

17

aU (**) OI

aU´ (**) OI´

6

Å

18

I´

7

O U

19

e´ U´

8

10

u ø

11

‰

12

´

9

20

( * ) In handwritten transcription we’ll use AI - AI´ (**) In handwritten transcription we’ll use AU - AU´

TABLE OF ENGLISH VOWEL PHONEMES

Vowel number 1

Symbol i

Examples

2

I

Sit, lip, carpet

3

e

Set, pet, net

4

œ

Sat, cat, lap

5

A

Car, park, heart

6

Å

Not, dot, pot

7

O

Door, Lord, port

8 9

U u

Book, foot Moon, soon, move

10

ø

Bus, hut, front, colour

11

‰

Girl, bird, nurse

12

´

About, printer

13

eI

Spain, plane

14

´U

Soul, home, stone

15

aI

Fine, nice,

16

aU

Cow, how

17

OI

Boy, toy

18

I´

Here, ear

19

e´

Air, there

20

U´

Poor, tour

eI´

Layer*, prayer*, stayer*

´U´

Boa, goer*, mower*

aI´

Fire*, tyre*

aU´

Vowel, sour

See, sea, seed, seat

Diphthongs

Triphthongs

OI´ Royal*, loyal* (*) There’s a current trend towards pronouncing triphthongs in these words split in two syllables

TABLE OF ENGLISH CONSONANT PHONEMES

Symbol

Examples (sound initial, medial and final)

p

Pear, appear, stop

b

Bus, abbey, pub

t

Tea, bottom, top

d

Dear, adapt, Lord

k

Car, acronym, look, back

g

gift, ago, dog

tS

Church, teacher, March

dZ

Gin, age, bridge

f

Fan, phone, effect, aphony, leaf, graph

v

Van, even, five

T

Thin, author, bath

D

This, either, booth

s

Sun, assess, fuss

z

Zoo, desire, fuzz

S

She, ashore, bush

Z

Gigolo, vision, mirage

X

Ø , Ø , Loch

h

House, ahead, Ø

m

Moon, common, lamb

n

Nose, analysis, onion

N

Sing, sink, tongue

l

Lip, calendar, hill

r

Radio, area, bar (in accents other than British RP)

w

wood, quantity, Ø

j

You, new, Ø Ø indicates that the sound doesn’t occur at that position....