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Diaphoneme | British RP | Australian | American | Irish | Example Words |
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/æ/ | [æ~a] | [æ] | [æ~ɛə~eə] | [æ~a] | mat, lad, stack |
/æː/ | [æː] | bad, tan, camera | |||
/ɑː/ or /æ/ | [ɑː] | [ɐː~äː] | pass, bath, graph | ||
/ɑr/ | [ɑɹ~ɑ˞] | [aɹ~a˞] | arm, farther, mark | ||
/ɑː/ | [ɑ~ä] | [ɑː] | calm, father | ||
/ɒ/ | [ɒ~ɔ] | [ɔ] | [ɑ] | lot, not, cot, stock | |
[ɒ~ɔ~ɑ] | off, loss, cloth, long, | ||||
/ɔː/ | [ɔ̝ː] | [o:] | [ɔː] | law, caught, all, stalk | |
/ɔːr/ | [ɔɹ~ɔ˞] | [ɑɹ~ɑ˞] | sort, horse, border | ||
/ɔər/ | [oːɹ~o˞] | tore, hoarse, boarder | |||
/oʊ̯/ | [əʊ̯] | [əʉ̯] | [oʊ̯] | [oʊ̯~oː] | tow, toe, so, boat, broke |
/ɜːr/ | [ɜː] | [eː] | [ɛɹ~ɝ~ɚ] | [ʊɹ~ʊ˞~ɚ] | urn, burn, fur |
[ɛɹ~ɝ~ɚ] | earn, herd, fern | ||||
/ə/ | [ə] | [ə] | [ə] | [ə] | comma, panda, about |
/ər/ | [ɚ] | [ɚ] | winner, pander, doctor | ||
/ɛ/ | [ɛ̝] | [e] | [ɛ] | [ɛ] | dress, bed, met |
/eɪ/ | [ɛɪ̯] | [æɪ̯] | [eɪ̯] | [eː] | sake, mate, stake, main |
/ɪ/ | [ɪ] | [ɪ] | [ɪ] | [ɪ] | sick, kid, bid, hit |
/iː/ | [ɪi̯] | [ɪi̯] | [iː] | [iː] | seek, heat, happy |
/uː/ | [ɵʉ̯] | [ʉː] | [u̟~ʊu̯~ʉu̯] | [uː] | goose, boo, you |
/ʊ/ | [ɵ~ʊ] | [ʊ] | [ʊ~ʊ̞̈] | [ʊ] | put, butch, push, book |
/ʌ/ | [ɐ] | [ɐ] | [ʌ̈~ɜ̞~ɐ̝] | [ʌ̈~ɤ~ʊ] | but, strut, won, love, |
/aɪ/ | [ɑɪ̯] | [ɑe̯] | [aɪ̯] | [ɑɪ̯~ɒɪ̯] | price, buy, high, my |
/aʊ̯/ | [aʊ̯] | [æɔ̯] | [aʊ̯] | [æʊ̯~ɛʊ̯] | now, mouth |
/ɔɪ̯/ | [ɔɪ̯] | [oɪ̯] | [ɔɪ̯] | [ɒɪ̯~oɪ̯] | boy, choice |
/ɪər/ | [ɪə̯] | [ɪə̯] | [iːɚ] | [iːɚ] | beer, dear, mere |
/ɛər/ | [ɛə̯] | [eːə] | [ɛɚ] | [eːɚ] | mare, care, fair |
/ʊər/ | [ɵə~ʊə] | [ʊə] | [ʊɚ] | [uːɚ] | moor, poor, tour |
/juː/ | [jɵʉ̯] | [jʉː] | [ju̟ː] | [juː] | beauty, cube, cute |
Dia- phoneme[1] |
Splits and Mergers | AuE[2][3] |
CaE |
GA[4][5][6] |
InE[7] |
IrE[8] |
NZE[6][9] |
RP[10][11] |
ScE[12] |
SAE[13][14] |
SSE |
WaE[15] |
Keyword | Example Words | |
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æ | æ | æ~ɛə~eə[16] | æ~ɛ | a~æ | ɛ | a~æ | ɐ̟ | a~æ~ɛ | ɛ[17] | a | TRAP | lad, bad, cat[18] | |||
æː | Bad-lad split | æː[19] | 'bad, tan, camera' | ||||||||||||
ɑː or æ | trap-bath split | ɐː | äː | ɐː | ɑː | äː~ɑː~ ɒː~ɔː |
ä[20] | BATH | pass, path, graph | ||||||
ɑːr | farther-father merger | ɑɹ~ɑ˞ | aːɹ~a˞ | ɐ̟ɾ | aː | START | arm, car | ||||||||
ɑː | ɑ~ɒ | ɑ~ä | ɑː | ɐ̟ | PALM | calm, father | |||||||||
ɒ | ɔ | ɒ~ä | ɑ | ɔ | ɒ~ɔ | ɔ | ɒ̈~ʌ̈ | ɔ | ɒ | LOT | not, wasp, lot, not, cot, stock | ||||
ɒ~ɔ~ɑ[21] | ɒ̈~ʌ̈, ɔː~oː |
CLOTH | off, loss, cloth, long, dog, chocolate[22] | ||||||||||||
ɔː | oː | ɒː | ɔː | oː | ɔ̝ː | ɔː~oː | ɒː | THOUGHT | law, caught, all, halt, stalk | ||||||
ɔːr | ɔɹ | ɔɹ~oɹ | ɒː(ɾ) | ɒɹ~ɒ˞ | ɔɾ | ɔː(ɹ)~ oː(ɹ) |
ɔ(ɹ) | ɒː | NORTH | sort, warm | |||||
ɔər | oːɹ | oɾ | oː | FORCE | tore, boar, port | ||||||||||
oʊ | ɐʉ̯ | oʊ̯~o | oː | oʊ̯~oː | ɐʉ̯ | əɵ̯ | o | ɛʊ̯~œʊ̯~ œʉ̯~œɤ̯̈~ œː~ʌʊ̯ |
o[23] | oː | GOAT | no, toe, soap | |||
ou̯ | tow, folk | ||||||||||||||
ɔʊ̯ | o~oə̯~oʊ̯ | ɔʊ̯ | ɒʊ̯~ɔʊ̯ | soul, roll, cold | |||||||||||
ər | ə | ɚ~ɹ̩ | ə(ɾ) | ɚ~ɹ̩ | ɘ(ɹ) | ə | əɾ | ə(ɹ) | ə(ɹ) | ə(ɾ) | LETTER | winner, donor, massacre[24] | |||
ə | ə | ə | ə | ɘ | ə | ə | COMMA | about | |||||||
ᵻ | ɪ~ə | ɪ | ɨ | ɨ | KIT | spotted | |||||||||
ɪ | ɪ | ɪ~ə~ʌ | ɪ~i, ə[25] | i, ɪ | ɪ | sit | |||||||||
i | ɪi̯ | i | iː | iː | ɪi̯ | ɪi̯ | e, i | iˑ | i | iː | HAPPY | city | |||
iː | i | iː | FLEECE | see | |||||||||||
eː~iː | meat | ||||||||||||||
eɪ | æɪ̯ | eɪ̯~e | eː | eː | æɪ̯ | ɛɪ̯ | e | eɪ̯~ɛɪ̯~ æɪ̯~äɪ̯~ ʌɪ̯ |
e[23] | eː | FACE | date, m | |||
ei | day, pain, whey, rein | ||||||||||||||
ər | ə(ɹ) | ɚ~ɹ̩ | ə(ɾ) | ɚ~ɹ̩ | ɘ(ɹ) | ə(ɹ) | əɾ | ə(ɹ) | ə(ɹ) | ə(ɾ) | LETTER | winner, donor, massacre[24] | |||
ɛ | e | ɛ | ɪ | ɛ | ɛ | ɛ~e~ɪ | ɛ, e[26] | ɛ | DRESS | bed[27] | |||||
ɜːr | ɵː(ɹ) | ɝ~ɚ~ɹ̩ | ɜː(ɾ)~äɾ | ɚː, ɔɹ~ʊɹ[28] | ɵː(ɹ) | əː(ɹ)~ ɜː(ɹ) |
ʌɾ[28] | ø̈ː(ɹ)~ ø̞̈ː(ɹ)~ əː(ɹ) |
ɜː(ɾ) | NURSE | burn | ||||
ɪɾ~ʌɾ[28] | bird | ||||||||||||||
ɚː, ɛɹ[28] | ɛɾ[28] | herd, earth | |||||||||||||
Dia- phoneme[1] |
AuE |
CaE |
GA |
InE |
IrE |
NZE |
RP |
ScE |
SAE |
SSE |
WaE |
Keyword | Examples | ||
ʌ | ɐ | ʌ̈~ɜ̞~ɐ̝ | ə~ɜ | ɞ~ʊ | ɐ | ə ~ ʌ ~ ɑ[29] | ʌ | ɐ~ä | ä, ɐ | ə~ɜ | STRUT | run, won, flood | |||
ʊ | ʊ | ʊ~ʊ̞̈ | ʊ | ʊ | ɵ | ʉ | ʊ~ʊ̈ | u, ʊ | ʊ | FOOT | put | ||||
uː | hood | ||||||||||||||
uː | ʉː | u̟~ʊu̯~ʉu̯ | uː | ʉː | ɵʉ̯ | u̟ː~ʉː~ yː |
u | uː | GOOSE | through, you | |||||
ɪu[30] | threw, yew | ||||||||||||||
juː | jʉː | (j)u̟ | juː | jʉː | jɵʉ̯ | jʉ | ju̟ː~jʉː~ jyː |
ju | cute, dew, ewe | ||||||
aɪ | ɑe̯ | aɪ̯, ɐɪ̯~əɪ̯[31] | äɪ̯ | ɑɪ̯ | ɑe̯ | ɑɪ̯ | əi̯~ae̯ | äɪ̯~äː~ ɑɪ̯~ɑ̟ː |
ai̯ | PRICE | my, wise, high
flight, mice | ||||
ɔɪ | oɪ̯ | ɔɪ̯ | ɔɪ̯~oɪ̯ | ɒɪ̯ | ɒɪ̯~oɪ̯, | oɪ̯ | oɪ̯ | oi̯ | ɔɪ̯~ɒɪ̯ | ɔi̯ | ɒi̯ | CHOICE | boy, hoist | ||
oʊ | ɐʉ̯ | oʊ̯~o | oː | oʊ̯, oː | ɐʉ̯ | əɵ̯ | o | ɛʊ̯~œʊ̯~ œʉ̯~œɤ̯̈~ œː~ʌʊ̯ |
o[23] | oː | GOAT | no, toe, soap | |||
ou̯ | tow, folk | ||||||||||||||
ɔʊ̯ | o~oə̯~oʊ̯ | ɔʊ̯ | ɒʊ̯~ɔʊ̯ | soul, roll, cold | |||||||||||
ɔːr | oː(ɹ) | ɔɹ | ɔɹ~oɹ | ɒː(ɾ) | ɒɹ~ɒ˞ | oː(ɹ) | oː(ɹ) | ɔɾ | ɔː(ɹ)~ oː(ɹ) |
ɔ(ɹ) | ɒː(ɾ) | NORTH | sort, warm | ||
ɔər | [oːɹ~o˞] | oɾ | oː(ɾ) | FORCE | tore, boar, port | ||||||||||
aʊ | æɔ̯ | äʊ̯, ʌu̯~əu̯[31] | äʊ̯~æʊ̯ | äʊ̯ | æu̯~ɛu̯ | æo̯ | aʊ̯ | ɘʉ̯ | äʊ̯~äː~ æʊ̯ |
au̯ | MOUTH | now, trout | |||
ɪər | ɪː(ɹ)~ ɪː.ə(ɹ) |
ɪɹ | iɹ~ iə̯ɹ |
ɪə̯(ɾ)~ iː(ɾ) |
iːɹ | iə̯(ɹ)[32] | ɪə̯(ɹ)~ ɪː(ɹ) |
iɾ | ɪə̯(ɹ)~ ɪː(ɹ) |
iə̯(ɹ) | ɪə̯(ɾ) | NEAR | deer, here | ||
ɛər | eː(ɹ)~ eː.ə(ɹ) |
ɛɹ | ɛ(ə̯)ɹ~ eɹ |
ɛə̯(ɾ)~ eː(ɾ) |
eːɹ | ɪə̯(ɹ)~ iə̯[32] |
ɛə̯(ɹ)~ ɛː(ɹ)[33] |
eɾ | ɛə̯(ɹ)~ ɛː(ɹ)~ eː(ɹ) |
ɛ(ɹ) | ɛː(ɾ) | SQUARE | mare, there, bear | ||
ʊər | ʉː.ə(ɹ)~ oː(ɹ) |
ʊɹ | ʊɹ~ɔɹ~oɹ | ʊə̯(ɾ)~ uː(ɾ) |
uːɹ, oːɹ |
ʉː.ɘ(ɹ)~ oː(ɹ) |
ɵː(ɹ)~ oː(ɹ)[34] |
uɾ | ʊə̯(ɹ)~ oː(ɹ) |
uə̯(ɹ) | ʊə̯(ɾ) | CURE | tour, moor | ||
jʊər | jʉː.ə(ɹ)~ joː(ɹ) |
jʊɹ, jɝ~jɚ | jʊə̯(ɾ)~ juː(ɾ) |
juɹ, joːɹ | jʉː.ɘ(ɹ)~ joː(ɹ) |
jɵː(ɹ)~ joː(ɹ) |
juɾ | jʊə̯(ɹ), joː(ɹ) |
jɔ(ɹ) | ɪʊə̯(ɾ) | pure, Europe | ||||
Dia- phoneme[1] |
AuE |
CaE |
GA |
InE |
IrE |
NZE |
RP |
ScE |
SAE |
SSE |
WaE |
Keyword | Examples |
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IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation | ||
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IPA | Explanation | |
ˈ | Primary stress indicator (placed before the stressed syllable); for example, rapping /ˈræpɪŋ/ | |
ˌ | Secondary stress/full vowel indicator (placed before the stressed syllable); for example, pronunciation /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/ | |
. | Syllable separation indicator; for example, ice cream /ˈaɪs.kriːm/ vs. I scream /ˌaɪ.ˈskriːm/ | |
̩ | ̍ | Syllabic consonant indicator (placed under the syllabic consonant); for example, ridden [ˈɹɪdn̩] |
See also
[edit]- English phonology
- Phonetic alphabets
- Pronunciation respelling for English
- SAMPA chart for English
- "Vowel wheel" – a subjective schematic of English vowel sounds as pronounced in a General American accent.
- Help:IPA for English
- International Phonetic Alphabet
- List of dialects of the English language
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
PE
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Harrington, Cox & Evans (1997)
- ^ Cox & Palethorpe (2007)
- ^ Kenyon & Knott (1953)
- ^ Kenyon (1950)
- ^ a b Mannell, Cox & Harrington (2009)
- ^ Sailaja (2009:19–26)
- ^ Wells (1982:422)
- ^ Bauer et al. (2007:97–102)
- ^ Roach (2004:241–243). See Pronunciation respelling for English#International Phonetic Alphabet for the alternative system devised by Clive Upton for Oxford University Press dictionaries.
- ^ "Case Studies – Received Pronunciation Phonology – RP Vowel Sounds". British Library.
- ^ Scobbie, Gordeeva & Matthews (2006:7)
- ^ Bekker (2008)
- ^ Lass (2002:111–119)
- ^ Coupland & Thomas (1990:93–136)
- ^ In most of the United States (with high dialectal variation), and to a lesser degree in Canada, special /æ/ tensing systems occur.
- ^ Suzanna Bet Hashim and Brown, Adam (2000) 'The [e] and [æ] vowels in Singapore English'. In Adam Brown, David Deterding and Low Ee Ling (eds.) The English Language in Singapore: Research on Pronunciation, Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics ISBN 981-04-2598-8, pp. 84–92.
- ^ Often transcribed /a/ for RP, for example in dictionaries of the Oxford University Press.
- ^ See bad–lad split for this distinction.
- ^ Deterding, David (2007). Singapore English. United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 24–26. ISBN 978-0-7486-3096-7.
- ^ ɒ~ɔ occurs in American accents without the cot–caught merger (about half of today's speakers); the rest have ɑ.
- ^ In American accents without the cot–caught merger, the LOT vowel (generally written o) appears as ɒ~ɔ instead of ɑ before the fricatives /f/, /θ/ and /s/ and the velar nasal /ŋ/; also usually before /ɡ/, especially in single-syllable words (dog, log, frog, etc.), and occasionally before /k/ (as in chocolate). See Lot–cloth split. In American accents with the cot–caught merger (about half of today's speakers), only ɑ occurs.
- ^ a b c Deterding, David (2000) 'Measurements of the /eɪ/ and /oʊ/ vowels of young English speakers in Singapore'. In Adam Brown, David Deterding and Low Ee Ling (eds.), The English Language in Singapore: Research on Pronunciation, Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics, pp. 93–99.
- ^ a b Sometimes transcribed for GA as [əɹ], especially in transcriptions that represent both rhotic and non-rhotic pronunciations, as [ə(ɹ)].
- ^ It is not clear whether this a true phonemic split, since the distribution of the two sounds is predictable; see Kit–bit split.
- ^ Mary W.J. Tay (1982). "'The phonology of educated Singapore English'". English World-Wide. 3 (2): 135–45. doi:10.1075/eww.3.2.02tay.
- ^ Often transcribed /e/ for RP, for example in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ a b c d e See Fern–fir–fur merger for this distinction in some varieties.
- ^ The STRUT vowel in BrE is highly variable in the triangle defined by ə, ʌ and ɑ, see 'STRUT for Dummies'
- ^ In Welsh English, you, yew and ewe are /juː/, /jɪu/ and /ɪu/ respectively; in most other varieties of English they are homophones.
- ^ a b Some dialects of North American English have a vowel shift called Canadian raising, in which the first element of the diphthongs /aɪ, aʊ/ is raised in certain cases, yielding [ɐɪ̯, ʌʊ̯] or [əi̯, əʊ̯]. Canadian English has raising of both diphthongs, but most dialects in the United States only have raising of /aɪ/. In monosyllables, raising occurs before voiceless consonants, so right [ɹʷɐi̯t] and out [ʌu̯t] have raised vowels, but eyes [aɪz] and loud [laʊd] do not.
- ^ a b Merging NEAR and SQUARE is especially common amongst young New Zealanders.
- ^ While the actual pronunciation is [ɛə(ɹ) ~ ɛː(ɹ)], it can also be transcribed /eə(ɹ)/.
- ^ Roach (2004) notes that many people in England use [oː] for this vowel, but also that RP traditionally distinguishes between maw /mɔː/ and moor /mʊə/, tore /tɔː/ and tour /tʊə/, as well as paw /pɔː/ and poor /pʊə/. If one wishes to make that distinction today it would be best to use ɵ instead of ʊə. This will lead to tore as toː and tour as tɵː.
References
[edit]- Bauer, Laurie; Warren, Paul; Bardsley, Dianne; Kennedy, Marianna; Major, George (2007), "New Zealand English", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 37 (1): 97–102, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002830, S2CID 145584883
- Bekker, Ian (2008). "The vowels of South African English" (PDF).
- Coupland, Nikolas; Thomas, Alan R., eds. (1990), English in Wales: Diversity, Conflict, and Change, Multilingual Matters Ltd., ISBN 1-85359-032-0
- Gimson, A. C. (1980). An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English (3rd ed.). London: Edward Arnold. ISBN 0-7131-6287-2.
- Harrington, J.; Cox, F.; Evans, Z. (1997). "An acoustic phonetic study of broad, general, and cultivated Australian English vowels". Australian Journal of Linguistics. 17 (2): 155–84. doi:10.1080/07268609708599550.
- Cox, Felicity; Palethorpe, Sallyanne (2007), "Australian English" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 37 (3): 341–350, doi:10.1017/S0025100307003192, S2CID 232349884
- Kenyon, John S. (1950). American Pronunciation (10th ed.). Ann Arbor: George Wahr.
- Kenyon, John S.; Knott, Thomas A. (1953) [1944]. A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-047-7.
- Lass, Roger (2002). "South African English". In Mesthrie, Rajend (ed.). Language in South Africa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521791052.
- Mannell, R.; Cox, F.; Harrington, J. (2009). An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology. Macquarie University.
- Roach, Peter (2004). "British English: Received Pronunciation". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 34 (2): 239–245. doi:10.1017/S0025100304001768. S2CID 144338519.
- Sailaja, Pingali (2009). Indian English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd. pp. 17–38. ISBN 9780748625949.
- Schneider, Edgar W.; Kortmann, Bernd (2004). A Handbook of Varieties of English. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-017532-0.
- Scobbie, James M.; Gordeeva, Olga B.; Matthews, Benjamin (2006). "Acquisition of Scottish English Phonology: an overview" (Document). Edinburgh: QMU Speech Science Research Centre Working Papers.
- Wells, John C. (2000). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (2nd ed.). Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited. ISBN 0-582-36468-X.
- Wells, John C. (1982). Accents of English. Vol. II: The British Isles. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-28541-0.
External links
[edit]- IPA chart with MP3 sound files for all IPA symbols on the chart (limited version is available to anyone)
- The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2005) Symbols for all languages are shown on this one-page chart.
- lexconvert a GPL command-line program to convert between Unicode IPA and the ASCII notations of various English speech synthesizers
- Online IPA editor for English
- Online IPA lessons and practice for American accent
- Online/Offline IPA editor for English
- IPA transcription systems for English – discussion by John C. Wells of RP transcriptions
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