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IPA Symbols Commonly Used in English

This document contains a table summarizing IPA symbols used in English lyric diction. It lists various consonant and vowel symbols along with their technical names and examples of words that use each symbol. The table is divided into sections on consonants, vowels, diphthongs, and triphthongs. In total, it provides information on 34 consonant symbols, 13 vowel symbols, and 12 diphthong and triphthong symbols.

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IPA Symbols Commonly Used in English

This document contains a table summarizing IPA symbols used in English lyric diction. It lists various consonant and vowel symbols along with their technical names and examples of words that use each symbol. The table is divided into sections on consonants, vowels, diphthongs, and triphthongs. In total, it provides information on 34 consonant symbols, 13 vowel symbols, and 12 diphthong and triphthong symbols.

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IPA Symbols Commonly Used

in English Lyric Diction

Symbol Technical Name/(Common Name) Example

 bilabial plosive, voiced big


 alveolar plosive, voiced dog
 labiodental fricative, unvoiced fig
 velar plosive, voiced big
 glottal fricative how
 velar plosive, unvoiced keg, cow
 alveolar lateral approximant (voiced) leg
 bilabial nasal (voiced) man
 alveolar nasal (voiced) man
 bilabial plosive, unvoiced pig
 alveolar flap/flipped R fury
 alveolar retroflexAmerican R drink
 alveolar fricative, unvoiced sing
 alveolar plosive, unvoiced tin
 labiodental fricative, voiced voice
 labial-velar approximant, voiced/W-glide win
 labial velar approximant, aspirated when
 alveolar fricative, voiced zip
 palatal lateral approximant/lambda million
 velar nasal (voiced)/eng sing
 palatal nasal (voiced)/left-tail N onion
 dental fricative, unvoiced/theta thin
 dental fricative, voiced/eth this
 palatal approximant/J-glide you
 prepalatal fricative, unvoiced/long S ship
 prepalatal affricate, unvoiced chip
 prepalatal fricative, voiced/script Z vision
 prepalatal affricate, voiced gin, jab


Vowels

 unrounded back open/cursive a father
 unrounded front open-mid/epsilon or open E wed
 unrounded front near-close/capital I it
 unrounded front close/lower-case I me
 unrounded front near-open/ash digraph or A-E cat
 rounded back close/lower-case U too
 rounded back near-close/capital U full, book
 rounded back close-mid/closed O obey
 rounded back open-mid/open O warm, all
 unrounded central mid/reversed epsilon learm, worm
 unrounded back open-mid/housetop up
 unrounded central mid/schwa sofa

Diphthongs

 N/A my, night
 N/A day
 N/A boy
 N/A now
 N/A no
 N/A air
 N/A ear
 N/A ore
 N/A sure

Triphthongs

 N/A ire, iron
 N/A our

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