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Phonetic alphabets reference


The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as used in phonemic transcriptions in
modern English dictionaries.
The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which can be used to
type the pronunciation of words on a computer without the use of special fonts.
For a full description of the alphabets + audio recordings of the sounds, visit www.antimoon.com/ipa

vowels consonants
IPA ASCII examples IPA ASCII examples
U ^ cup, luck b b bad, lab
@9 a: arm, father d d did, lady
@ cat, black f f find, if
? .. away, cinema g g give, flag
d e met, bed h h how, hello
29q e:(r) turn, learn j j yes, yellow
H i hit, sitting k k cat, back
h9 i: see, heat l l leg, little
P o hot, rock m m man, lemon
N9 o: call, four n n no, ten
T u put, could M N sing, finger
t9 u: blue, food p p pet, map
`H ai five, eye r r red, try
`T au now, out s s sun, miss
nT/?T Ou go, home R S she, crash
d?q e..(r) where, air t t tea, getting
dH ei say, eight sR tS check, church
H?q i..(r) near, here S th think, both
nH oi boy, join C TH this, mother
T?q u..(r) pure, tourist v v voice, five
w w wet, window
z z zoo, lazy
Y Z pleasure, vision
cY dZ just, large

special symbols
IPA ASCII meaning
! is placed before the stressed syllable in a word. For example, the noun contract
! '
is pronounced .!jPmsqjs., and the verb to contract is pronounced .j?m!sqjs..
q
(r) .j`9q. means .j`9q. in American English and .j`9. in British English.
.h. means .h. or .H. or something in between.
i i(:)
Examples: very .!udqh., ability .?!aHkHsh., previous .!oqh9uh?r..
?
. k. shows that the consonant .k. is pronounced as a syllable. This means that
?
k -k- there is a short vowel (shorter than the .?. sound) before the consonant.
? ?
Examples: little .!kHs k., uncle .!UMj k..
?
? . m. shows that the consonant .m. is pronounced as a syllable.
m -m- ? ?
Examples: written .!qHs m., listen .!kHr m..

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