The symbols on this clickable chart represent the 44 sounds used in British English speech (Received Pronunciation). Click on each symbol or sample word to hear. ( See also: Printable Phonemic Chart) Monophthong vowels are arranged by mouth shape: left > right, lips wide > lips round. top > bottom, jaw closed > jaw open.

IPA symbols are useful for learning pronunciation. The symbols on this chart represent the 44 sounds used in British English speech (Received Pronunciation or RP, an educated accent associated with but not exclusive to south-east England). Learners and teachers may want to print a copy of this phonemic chart to keep close at hand for reference.

Phonetic symbols chart: American English (IPA) i even /ˈ i .vən/, these /ˈð i z/. ɪ if /ˈ ɪ f/, which /ˈw ɪ tʃ/. u school /ˈsk u l/, who /ˈh u /. æ ask /ˈ æ sk/, back /ˈb æ k/. ɑ father /ˈf ɑ .ðɚ/, not /ˈn ɑ t/. ɛ said /ˈs ɛ d/, bed /ˈb ɛ d/. ʊ good /ˈɡ ʊ d/, book /ˈb ʊ k/. ɔ all /ˈ ɔ l/, want /ˈw ɔ nt/.

order on the page of Pronunciation Symbols, with the ex-ception that the symbols which are not letter characters are here listed first. Those characters which have corre-sponding symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are shown with their IPA equivalents. \\All pronunciation information is printed between reversed virgules.

Diphthongs. Other symbols. Please note that pronunciations in the American English and Essential American English dictionary do not use the 'long vowel' marker /ː/ and, in place of the …

IPA Chart With Sounds. The International Phonetic Alphabet chart with sounds lets you listen to each of the sounds from the IPA. Click on a symbol to hear the associated sound. Our IPA chart is responsive, this means it adjusts to any screen size. If part of the chart is not visible, please click the red and green arrows to see the additional symbols.

The notion of the Alphabetic Code Chart is based on the ‘units of sound mainly at phoneme level’ of the English language and the graphemes which are code for the sounds. This Pronunciation Guide, in contrast, is based on some spelling patterns shown in the left column and provides examples of different pronunciation.

This means that symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet are used to represent the sounds and features that distinguish one word from another in English. If the symbols are treated simply as sounds the speaker will be clearly understood — words such as cap /kæp/ and cup /kʌp/ will not be confused. The more advanced learner will understand that these symbols …