KEY
to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet )
symbols for British English
NAME
EXAMPLES
1.
i
‘i’ + length mark
Eden, bean, be
2.
small capital ‘i’
ill, Billy, England
3.
e
‘e’
end, less, steady
4.
æ
‘ash’
Alice, brand, salmon
5.
turned ‘v’ / ‘hut’
up, bun, cousin, son
6.
script ‘a’+ length
mark
arc, card, far, heart
7.
turned & reversed
script ‘a’
often, lost, wand
8.
open ‘o’ + length
mark
or, force, core, all, four, paw, warn, board
9.
‘upsilon’
pull, bush, woman, sugar
10.
u
‘u’+ length mark
Luke, shoe, fruit, blue, crew, mood,
11.
reversed ‘epsilon’ +
length mark
earn, fern, shirt, burn, fur, word,
12.
‘schwa’
melon, even, England, across, better
13.
e
‘e’ + small capital ‘i’
ale, bake, stain, say, break
14.
a
type ‘a’ + small
capital ‘i’
I, bike, lie, style,
15.
open ‘o’ ++ small
capital ‘i’
oil, voice, destroy
16.
a
type ‘a’ + ‘upsilon’
out, house, now
17.
‘schwa’+ ‘upsilon’
open, Poland, go, grow, coat, Joe
18.
small capital ‘i’ +
‘schwa’
ear, fierce, clear, steer, idea
19.
e
‘e’ + ‘schwa’
air, parent, stare
20.
‘upsilon’ + ‘schwa’
moor, cruel, fury
21.
p
‘p’
pen, happy, map
22.
t
‘t’
tell, Betty, net
23.
k
‘k’
can, lucky, rack
24.
b
‘b’
Ben, hobby, rob
25.
d
‘d’
Dan, steady, red
