: is used to indicate a long vowel (long monophthong) IPa sounDs anD sYMBoLs IPa cHaRT consonanTs Plosives VoweLs short monophthongs g N b k T d f b as in bird k as in cat d as in dog g as in gate p as in panda t as in tap ( bWd ) ( kQt ) ( d A g ) ( gYt ) ( 'pQn.dE) ( tQp ) Q as in ant ( Qnt ) ( be d ) e E as in teacher ( 't i.TE ) I A u V as in bed h F l m n p r s Z S t as in tin as in frog as in book as in bus ( t I n ) ( f r Ag ) ( buk ) ( b Vs ) q D v w j z Fricatives Q Y R a e i W f as in fish h as in hand ( hQnd ) s as in sun ( s Vn ) Z S q D v z ( ) Long monophthongs f I S y I u a as in car i as in me W as in fern U as in moon o as in fork ( k a ) E ( ) m i O V x A C as in treasure ( 't reZ.E ) ( f Wn ) ( m Un ) ( f ok ) as in shark as in thumb as in feather as in voice as in zip ( Sak ) U c o X ( qVm ) ('f e D.E) ( vOs ) : is used to indicate a long vowel (long monophthong) ( z Ip ) ( TR ) ( FQm ) Diphthongs How can we use IPa? affricates Y as in baby R as in hair ( ) y as in ear ( y ) x as in tiger C as in nose O as in coin c as in lure X as in cow ( 'b Y.b i) IPA is an international code used in dictionaries to give guidance on pronunciation. Try these examples. bath ( b aq, bQq ) n A large basin in which one sits to wash the whole body. Four letters, three phonemes. Locate the symbols on the IPA chart above and the graphemes on the GRAPHEMECHART in this CHARTS section. bird ( b W d ) n An animal with wings and feathers that can usually fly. Four letters, three phonemes. Locate the symbols on the IPA chart above and the graphemes on the GRAPHEMECHART in this CHARTS section. T F as in chair as in jam hR ('t x.gE) ( n Cz ) ( k O n ) nasals as in mouse as in net N as in king ( mXs ) ( ne t ) ( k I N ) ( l c ) ( kX ) Liquids ' is used to indicate the stressed syllable e.g. ( pQn.) in ('pQn.dE) l as in leg r as in rain ( ) l eg ( r Yn ) semi-vowels w as in water j as in yawn ( ' w o.t E ) ( j on ) . is used to indicate the the break between syllables. © THRASS IPA SOUNDS AND SYMBOLS CHART Downloaded from http://www.tidyforms.com