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American English Sounds

  • Vowels
    • Front
      • /iy/ (see, dream)
      • /ɪ/ (sit, pick)
      • /ey/ (take, name)
      • /ɛ/ (pet, tell)
      • /æ/ (past, fan)
    • Central
      • /ʌ/ (cup, must)
      • /ɜr/ (church, learn)
      • /ə/ (about, certain)
      • /ər/ (mother, surprise)
      • /ɑ/ (stop, job)
    • Back
      • /uw/ (food, cute)
      • /ʊ/ (good, full)
      • /ow/ (low, coat)
      • /ɔ/ (bought, lost)
    • Diphthongs
      • /ɑɪ/ (light, sign)
      • /ɑʊ/ (cow, loud)
      • /ɔɪ/ (boy, voice)
  • Consonants
    • Lips (Bilabial)
      • /b/ (buy, lab)
      • /p/ (peace, top)
      • /m/ (map, time)
      • /w/ (wait, twice)
    • Lips/Teeth (Labio-Dental
      • /f/ (fix, often)
      • /v/ (vase, love)
    • Tongue-Teeth (Dental)
      • /θ/ (thank, bath)
      • /ð/ (this, breathe)
    • Tongue-Gum Ridge (Alveolar)
      • /t/ (take, stand)
      • /d/ (day, made)
      • /s/ (sit, race)
      • /z/ (zoo, these)
      • /l/ (less, sleep)
      • /n/ (man, dinner)
      • /r/ (rose, green)
    • Tongue-Palate (Palatal)
      • /ʃ/ (push, show)
      • /ʒ/ (measure, usually)
      • /tʃ/ (choose, match)
      • /dʒ/ (juice, edge)
    • Tongue-Soft Palate (Velar)
      • /k/ (cat, luck)
      • /g/ (gas, dog)
      • /ŋ/ (hang, long)
    • Throat (Glottal)
      • /h/ (help, ahead)
  • Resources
    • Pronunciation Vocabulary
    • For Instructors
    • For Students

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