International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Pronunciation of The English Alphabet

 

International Phonetic Alphabet for Pronunciation of

The English Alphabet

IPA for English Vowels

Unified English Vowel Diagram

Unified English Vowel Triangle

Unified English Vowel Space

Unified English Vowel Chart

Unified English Vowel Map

IPA for American English Vowels

American English Vowel Diagram

American English Vowel Triangle

American English Vowel Space

American English Vowel Chart

American English Vowel Map

References:

1. Hillenbrand, J. M., Getty, L. A., Clark, M. J. & Wheeler, K. (1995). Acoustic characteristics of 

American English vowels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 97, 3099-3111.

2. Hillenbrand, J. M. (2003). American English: Southern Michigan. Journal of the International  

Phonetic Association 33/1, 121-126.

3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online (ldoceonline.com).

 

American English Vowel [ɒ] in LDOCE 

versus various pronunciation symbols
in other systems 

System  \  Example	all	law
LONGMAN (AmE)	ɒ:l	lɒ:
OXFORD (NAmE)	ɔ:l	lɔ:
Kenyon and Knott	ɔl	lɔ
Merriam-Webster	‘ȯl	‘lȯ
American Heritage	ôl	lô
Cambridge(US)	ɑ:l	lɑ:

LDOCE: Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English

June 3, 2022  LAI Jhi Yang

IPA for American English Consonants 

IPA for English Consonants 
with Allophones

The Origin of Alphabets