The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used to represent sound correspondences among various accents and dialects of the English language.
These charts give a diaphoneme for each sound, followed by its realization in different dialects. The symbols for the diaphonemes are given in bold, followed by their most common phonetic values.
Abbreviations list
The following abbreviations are used in this article for regional varieties of English:
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|+Abbreviations list
!Abbreviation
!Regional variety
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|AmE
|American English
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|AuE
|Australian English
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|BahE
|Bahamian English
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|BajE
|Bajan English
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|CaE
|Canadian English
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|CIE
|Channel Island English
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|EnE
|English English
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|FiE
|Fiji English
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|HKE
|Hong Kong English
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|InE
|Indian English
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|IrE
|Irish English
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|JSE
|Jamaican English
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|NZE
|New Zealand English
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|PaE
|Palauan English
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|ScE
|Scottish English
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|SIE
|Solomon Islands English
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|SAE
|South African English
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|SSE
|Standard Singapore English
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|WaE
|Welsh English
|}
See Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.
Consonants
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ English consonants
! Diaphoneme
! Phones !! Examples
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| spin, tip
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| pen
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| ,
| but, web
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| sting
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| two
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| , ,
| better
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| do, odd
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| daddy
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| teach, nature
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| chair
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| gin, joy, edge
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| skin, unique, thick
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| cat, kill, queen
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!
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| go, get, beg
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!
| ,
| fool, enough, leaf, off, photo
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| , , ,