Contemporary Linguistics IPA Vowels and Consonant examples

[i]

fee, she, cream, believe, serene
high front unrounded tense vowel

[?]

fit,hit, income, definition
high front unrounded lax vowel

[ej]

fate,they, clay
mid front unrounded tense vowel

[?]

let, led, head, says, said guest
mid front unrounded lax vowel

[�]

bat, panic, racket, laugh
low front unrounded lax vowel

[u]

boot, do, brew, lucy
high back rounded tense vowel

[?]

book, should,
high back rounded lax vowel

[ow]

note, no throat,slow, toe
mid back tense rounded vowel

[?]

fought, caught, normal
mid back lax rounded vowel

[?j]

boy,voice, boil, toy
mid back lax rounded diphthong

[?]

rob, father, cot,father
low
low back lax unrounded vowel

[?]

shut,other, flood
mid central lax vowel

[?]

suppose, collide, hinted
mid central lax vowel

[aw]

plow, crowd, (to) house
low central lax unrounded diphthong

[aj]

lies, my, tide, buy
low central tense unrounded diphthong

[p]

pet"
voiceless bilabial stop

[b]

bat"
voiced bilabial stop

[t]

tap"
voiceless alveolar stop

[d]

dad"
voiced alveolar stop

[k]

cat"
voiceless velar stop

[g]

good"
voiced velar stop

[?]

Like at the beginning of each syllable of "uh-oh"
voiceless glottal stop

[m]

mat"
voiced bilabial nasal

[n]

nap"
voiced alveolar nasal

[?]

the last sound in "sing"
voiced velar nasal

[?]

Like the third sound in "ladder"
voiced alveolar flap

[f]

far"
voiceless labio-dental fricative

[v]

vase"
voiced labio-dental fricative

[?]

thin"
voiceless inter-dental fricative

[?]

them"
voiced inter-dental fricative

[s]

snake"
voiceless alveolar fricative

[z]

zipper"
voiced alveolar fricative

[?]

ship"
voiceless alveo-palatal fricative

[?]

like the consonant in the middle of "measure" and "treasure"
voiced alveo-palatal fricative

[h]

hat"
voiceless glottal fricative

[t?]

church"
voiceless alveo-palatal affricate

[d?]

judge"
voiced alveo-palatal affricate

[?]

rat"
voiced alveolar retroflex liquid

[l]

lift"
voiced alveolar lateral liquid

[w]

wet"
voiced bilabial glide

[j]

yellow"
voiced palatal glide