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  • Vowels
    • VOWEL CHART
    • Front >
      • /iy/ (see, keep)
      • /ɪ/ (sit, pick)
      • /ey/ (take, name)
      • /ɛ/ (pet, tell)
      • /æ/ (sat, past)
    • Central >
      • /ɜr/ (church, nurse)
      • /ər/ (mother, surprise)
      • /ʌ/ (cup, must)
      • /ə/ (about, undo)
      • /ɑ/ (stop, job)
    • Back >
      • /ʊ/ (good, put)
      • /uw/ (food, soon)
      • /ɔ/ (bought, lost)
      • /ow/ (low, coat)
    • Diphthongs >
      • /ɑɪ/ (light, pie)
      • /ɑʊ/ (cow, loud)
      • /ɔɪ/ (boy, voice)
  • Consonants
    • CONSONANT CHART
    • Lips (Bilabial) >
      • /p/ (peace, price)
      • /b/ (buy, brain)
      • /m/ (map, time)
      • /w/ (wait, win)
    • Lips-Teeth (Labio-dental) >
      • /f/ (fix, friend)
      • /v/ (vase, love)
    • Tongue-Teeth (Dental) >
      • /θ/ (thank, bath)
      • /ð/ (this, breathe)
    • Tongue-Gum Ridge (Alveolar) >
      • /t/ (take, stand)
      • /d/ (day, drive)
      • /s/ (sit, race)
      • /z/ (zoo, these)
      • /l/ (less, sleep)
      • /n/ (nice, man)
    • Tongue-Palate (Palatal) >
      • /ʃ/ (push, show)
      • /ʒ/ (measure, vision)
      • /tʃ/ (choose, match)
      • /dʒ/ (juice, edge)
      • /r/ (rose, borrow)
      • /y/ (yes, young)
    • Tongue-Soft Palate (Velar) >
      • /k/ (kiss, cat)
      • /g/ (gas, green)
      • /ŋ/ (hang, long)
    • Throat (Glottal) >
      • /h/ (help, hand)
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Consonants

​Lips (Bilabial)
Lips-Teeth
​(Labio-dental)
Tongue-Teeth
​(Dental)
Tongue-Gum Ridge 
(Alveolar)
Tongue-Palate
​(Palatal)
Tongue-Soft Palate 
​
(Velar)
Throat
​(Glottal)
Stops
p

b
  
Value
t

d
  ​
k

g
  ​
​Fricatives
  ​
f

v
θ

ð
s

z
ʃ 

ʒ
  ​
h
Affricates
  ​
  ​
  ​
  ​
tʃ

dʒ
  ​
  ​
​Nasals
m
  ​
 
n
  ​
ŋ
  ​
Liquids
  
  ​
  
l
r
  
  ​
Glides
w
  ​
  ​
  ​
y
  ​
  ​  
  • Lips
  • Lips-Teeth
  • ​Tongue-Teeth
  • ​Tongue-Gum Ridge
  • Tongue-Palate
  • ​Tongue-Soft Palate
  • ​Throat
<
>
​Stops
​p
  ​
b
​​Fricatives
 
  ​
 
​​Affricates
 
  ​
 
​​Nasals
m
Liquids
 
​​​Glides​
w
​Stops
  
  ​
  
​​Fricatives
f
  ​
v
​​Affricates
  
  ​
  
​​Nasals
 
Liquids
  
​​​Glides​
  
​Stops
  
  ​
  
​​Fricatives
​θ
  ​
​ð
​​Affricates
  
  ​
 
​​Nasals
 
Liquids
 
​​​Glides​
 
​Stops
t
  ​
d
​​Fricatives
s
  ​
z
​​Affricates
   
  ​
  
​​Nasals
n
Liquids
l
​​​Glides​
  
​Stops
 
  ​
  
​​Fricatives
ʃ ​
  ​
ʒ
​​Affricates
​tʃ
  ​
dʒ
​​Nasals
  
Liquids
r
​​​Glides​
y
​Stops
k
  ​
g
​​Fricatives
  
  ​
  
​​Affricates
  
  ​
  
​​Nasals
ŋ
Liquids
 
​​​Glides​
  
​Stops
  
Value
  
​​Fricatives
h
Value
  
​​Affricates
  
Value
  
​​Nasals
 
Liquids
  
​​​Glides​
  

   

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  • Home
  • Vowels
    • VOWEL CHART
    • Front >
      • /iy/ (see, keep)
      • /ɪ/ (sit, pick)
      • /ey/ (take, name)
      • /ɛ/ (pet, tell)
      • /æ/ (sat, past)
    • Central >
      • /ɜr/ (church, nurse)
      • /ər/ (mother, surprise)
      • /ʌ/ (cup, must)
      • /ə/ (about, undo)
      • /ɑ/ (stop, job)
    • Back >
      • /ʊ/ (good, put)
      • /uw/ (food, soon)
      • /ɔ/ (bought, lost)
      • /ow/ (low, coat)
    • Diphthongs >
      • /ɑɪ/ (light, pie)
      • /ɑʊ/ (cow, loud)
      • /ɔɪ/ (boy, voice)
  • Consonants
    • CONSONANT CHART
    • Lips (Bilabial) >
      • /p/ (peace, price)
      • /b/ (buy, brain)
      • /m/ (map, time)
      • /w/ (wait, win)
    • Lips-Teeth (Labio-dental) >
      • /f/ (fix, friend)
      • /v/ (vase, love)
    • Tongue-Teeth (Dental) >
      • /θ/ (thank, bath)
      • /ð/ (this, breathe)
    • Tongue-Gum Ridge (Alveolar) >
      • /t/ (take, stand)
      • /d/ (day, drive)
      • /s/ (sit, race)
      • /z/ (zoo, these)
      • /l/ (less, sleep)
      • /n/ (nice, man)
    • Tongue-Palate (Palatal) >
      • /ʃ/ (push, show)
      • /ʒ/ (measure, vision)
      • /tʃ/ (choose, match)
      • /dʒ/ (juice, edge)
      • /r/ (rose, borrow)
      • /y/ (yes, young)
    • Tongue-Soft Palate (Velar) >
      • /k/ (kiss, cat)
      • /g/ (gas, green)
      • /ŋ/ (hang, long)
    • Throat (Glottal) >
      • /h/ (help, hand)
  • Resources
    • Pronunciation Vocabulary
    • For Students
    • For Instructors