Consonants

p

pen, copy, happen

b

back, baby, job

t

tea, tight, button

d

day, ladder, odd

k

key, clock, school

g

get, giggle, ghost

tʃ

church, match, nature

dʒ

judge, age, soldier

f

fat, coffee, rough, photo

v

view, heavy, move

θ

thing, author, path

ð

this, other, smooth

s

soon, cease, sister

z

zero, music, roses, buzz

ʃ

ship, sure, national

ʒ

pleasure, vision

h

hot, whole, ahead

m

more, hammer, sum

n

nice, know, funny, sun

ŋ

ring, anger, thanks, sung

l

light, valley, feel

r

right, wrong, sorry, arrange

j

yet, use, beauty, few

w

wet, one, when, queen

ʔ

(glottal stop)
department, football

Vowels

ɪ

kit, bid, hymn, minute

e

dress, bed, head, many

æ

trap, bad

ɒ

lot, odd, wash

ʌ

strut, mud, love, blood

ʊ

foot, good, put

iː

fleece, sea, machine

eɪ

face, day, break

aɪ

price, high, try

ɔɪ

choice, boy

uː

goose, two, blue, group

əʊ

goat, show, no

aʊ

mouth, now

ɪə

near, here, weary

eə

square. fair, various

ɑː

start, father

ɔː

thought, law, north, war

ʊə

poor, jury, cure

ɜː

nurse, stir, learn, refer

ə

about, common, standard

i

happy, radiate. glorious

u

thank you, influence, situation

n̩

suddenly, cotton

l̩

middle, metal

ˈ

(stress mark)