PRONUNCIATION
By : Anisa Mardiyah R.
Pronunciation refers to the ability to use the correct stress, rhythm, and intonation of a word in a spoken language. A word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or groups, depending on many factors, such as: the area in which they grew up, the area in which they now live, if they have a speech or voice disorder, their ethnic group, their social class, or their education.
Vowels
In phonetics,
a vowel is a sound
in spoken language,
such as an English ah! [ɑː]
or oh! [oʊ],
pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air
pressure at any point above the glottis. This contrasts with consonants,
such as English sh! [ʃː],
where there is a constriction or closure at some point along the vocal tract. A
vowel is also understood to be syllabic: an equivalent open but non-syllabic sound is called
a semivowel
Respelling symbol(s)
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Example
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Symbol
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Notes
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a
|
trap
|
/æ/
|
Australian
/æ/ or /æː/
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Scottish
/a/
|
ah
|
palm
|
/ɑː/
|
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air
|
square
|
/ɛər/
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ar
|
start
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/ɑr/
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Scottish /ar/
|
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arr
|
marry
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/ær/
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aw
|
thought
|
/ɔː/
|
American /ɔ/, /ɒ/, or /ɑ/
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ay
|
face
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/eɪ/
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ə
|
about
|
/ə/
or /ɨ/
|
Unstressed
neutral vowel.
(Sometimes i may be used for /ɨ/.) |
|
ər
|
letter
|
/ər/
or /ɚ/
|
Unstressed
neutral rhotic vowel
|
|
e
|
dress
|
/ɛ/
|
||
ee
|
fleece
|
/iː/
or /i/
|
also
the second vowel of city
|
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eer
|
near
|
/ɪər/
|
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err
|
merry
|
/ɛr/
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||
ew
|
ewe,
dew
|
/juː/
|
American /u/ or /ju/
|
|
ewr
|
cure
|
/jʊər/
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||
eye
|
item
|
/aɪ/
|
Spelled
-y after a consonant.
The same vowel as the price example below |
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i
|
kit
|
/ɪ/
|
||
irr
|
mirror
|
/ɪr/
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||
o
|
lot
|
/ɒ/
|
-o- by
itself may be /ɵ/
|
|
oh
|
goat
|
/oʊ/
|
||
oo
|
food
|
/uː/
|
Scottish /ʉ/
|
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oor
|
poor
|
/ʊər/
|
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or or ohr
|
force
or wore
|
/ɔər/
|
Australian
/oː(ɹ)/
|
|
or or awr
|
north
or war
|
/ɔr/
|
Scottish
/ɔr/
|
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orr
|
orange
|
/ɒr/
|
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ow
|
mouth
|
/aʊ/
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owr
|
hour
|
/aʊər/
|
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oy
|
choice
|
/ɔɪ/
|
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u
|
strut
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/ʌ/
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ur
|
nurse
|
/ɜr/
or /ɝː/
|
American
/ɜɹ, ɝ/
|
Scottish
/ʌr, ɛr, ɪr/
|
urr
|
hurry
|
/ʌr/
|
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uu
|
foot
|
/ʊ/
|
Scottish
/ʉ/
|
|
y
|
price,
dye
|
/aɪ/
|
with
a consonant, otherwise spelled eye.
American /aɪ/ or /ʌɪ/ |
|
yr
|
fire
|
/aɪər/
|
||
Diphthongs
Diphthongs are typically specified with a
non-syllabic diacritic, as in ⟨aɪ̯⟩.
However, sometimes a tie bar is used, especially if it is difficult to tell if
the vowel is characterized by an on-glide or an off-glide: ⟨a͡ɪ⟩ or ⟨o͜e⟩.
Notes
- ⟨a⟩ officially represents a front vowel, but there is little distinction between front and central open vowels, and ⟨a⟩ is frequently used for an open central vowel. However, if disambiguation is required, the retraction diacritic or the centralized diacritic may be added to indicate an open central vowel, as in ⟨a̠⟩ or ⟨ä⟩.
The transcription of English
consonants in IPA is not subject to any disagreement. Everyone agrees that we
give the symbols /p, t, k, b, d, f, v, s, z, m, n, r, l, w, h/ their usual
values as in ordinary spelling. The remainder are as shown in the box.
Respelling
symbol
|
Example
|
Notes
|
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b
|
but, web
|
/b/
|
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ch
|
church,
nature
|
/tʃ/
|
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d
|
do, odd
|
/d/
|
|
dh
|
this, father,
breathe
|
/ð/
|
This sound is similar to th
/θ/, but voiced.
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f
|
fool, enough,
leaf
|
/f/
|
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g or gh
|
go, beg,
ghee
|
/ɡ/
|
Not as in gem
or gin, which is j /dʒ/. For legibility, ghee
is used instead of gee in a few articles.
|
h
|
ham, ahead
|
/h/
|
|
j
|
gin, joy,
edge
|
/dʒ/
|
|
k
|
cat, kiss,
skin, quick
|
/k/
|
|
kh
|
chutzpah, loch
|
/x/
|
Pronounced like h (at the
beginning of a syllable) or k (at the end of a syllable) by many
speakers
|
l
|
left, bell
|
/l/
|
|
m
|
man, ham
|
/m/
|
|
n
|
no, tin
|
/n/
|
|
ng
|
ring, singer, sink
|
/ŋ/
|
Not the sound in finger,
which is ng-g /ŋɡ/.
|
ng-g
|
finger
|
/ŋɡ/
|
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p
|
pen, spin,
tip
|
/p/
|
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r
|
run, very
|
/r/
|
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s or ss
|
see, city,
pass
|
/s/
|
Not as in rose,
which is z /z/. Use ss in positions where single s is
normally /z/ in English, such as the end of a word after a vowel or a voiced
consonant: for example, transliterate "ice" as eyess,
not eyes and "tense" as tenss, not tens.
|
sh
|
she, sure,
emotion, leash
|
/ʃ/
|
|
t
|
two, sting,
bet
|
/t/
|
|
th
|
thing, teeth
|
/θ/
|
|
v
|
voice, have
|
/v/
|
|
w
|
we, quick
|
/w/
|
|
wh
|
what
|
/hw/
|
In many dialects, people
substitute w for this sound.
|
y
|
yes
|
/j/
|
|
z
|
zoo, rose,
lens
|
/z/
|
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zh
|
pleasure, vision, beige
|
/ʒ/
|
Some speakers may substitute j
/dʒ/ for this sound at the beginning of a word, except in proper names such
as Zsa Zsa.
|
Stress
Likewise, there is no disagreement among IPA
users about the symbols for word stress (although there may well be
disagreement about the analysis of secondary stress). Primary stress is shown
by the mark ', placed before the syllable concerned. (Compare the older,
non-IPA, dictionary tradition, where it was shown by the mark ´ after the
syllable.) Secondary stress, if shown at all, is indicated by a similar mark
below the line.

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