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ARPABET
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Vowels
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Consonants
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Less Used Phones/Allophones
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Symbol |
Example |
Symbol |
Example |
Symbol |
Example |
| iy | beat | b | bad | dx | butter |
| ih | bit | p | pad | el | bottle |
| eh | bet | d | dad | em | bottom |
| ae | bat | t | toy | nx | (flapped) n |
| aa | cot | g | gag | en | button |
| ax | the | k | kick | eng | Washington |
| ah | butt | bcl | (b closure) | ux | |
| uw | boot | pcl | (p closure) | el | bottle |
| uh | book | dcl | (d closure) | q | (glottal stop) |
| aw | about | tcl | (t closure) | ix | roses |
| er | bird | gcl | (g closure) | epi | (epinthetic closure) |
| axr | diner | kcl | (k closure) | sil | silence |
| ey | bait | dh | they | pau | silence |
| ay | bite | th | thief | ||
| oy | boy | v | very | ||
| ow | boat | f | fief | ||
| ao | bought | z | zoo | ||
| s | see | ||||
| ch | church | ||||
| m | mom | ||||
| n | non | ||||
| ng | sing | ||||
| w | wet | ||||
| y | yet | ||||
| hh | hay | ||||
| r | red | ||||
| l | led | ||||
| zh | measure | ||||
| sh | shoe | ||||