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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Guide

Welcome to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Guide, a comprehensive resource designed to enhance your pronunciation skills. The IPA is a universally recognized system of phonetic notation, meticulously developed to represent each distinct sound found in human speech, regardless of language. This guide offers an extensive array of consonants, vowels, diphthongs, along with nuances in stress, length, and articulatory features. Each IPA symbol is accompanied by English examples and sound equivalents, making it an invaluable tool for foreign learners. By correlating these symbols with the words on our website, learners can accurately pronounce even the most challenging words, facilitating a deeper understanding and more effective communication in English. Whether you're a language enthusiast or a learner striving to refine your pronunciation, this guide is your key to mastering the sounds of English.

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Stress, length, and articulatory features.

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In this lesson, you can learn how to read IPA and use it correctly. You’ll see how using IPA can improve your English pronunciation and help you to avoid pronunciation mistakes.

Ipa stands for ‘international phonetic alphabet’. it allows english to be read and written phonetically, so one symbol = one sound., quiz: how to read ipa.

Now, test your knowledge of what you learned in the lesson by trying this quiz. There are 20 questions, starting with a review of IPA symbols and moving onto words shown in IPA, which you need to identify.

You can get help with some questions if you press ‘Hint’. You will get your score at the end, when you can click on ‘View Questions’ to see all the correct answers.

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1 . Question

For the first two questions, look at the highlighted consonants in the normal spelling of four words and match them with the phonetic symbols. They are all consonant sounds for which the phonetic symbol is also used in the Roman alphabet.

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2 . question.

Match the highlighted consonants with the phonetic symbols.

3 . Question

For the next two questions, match the phonetic symbols with the highlighted consonants from four more words. Three of the phonetic symbols are used in the Roman alphabet, but one is not.

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5 . question.

For the next two questions, match the phonetic symbols with the highlighted consonants from four more words. Now, most of the phonetic symbols are not used in the Roman alphabet.

6 . Question

Although the letter ‘j’ is used in the Roman alphabet in words like ‘jump’ and ‘just’, the first consonant of these words is not represented by the phonetic symbol /j/ in IPA. So, what sound is /j/?

7 . Question

For the next four questions, match the phonetic symbols with the vowels highlighted in five more words. If you need to, review part two of the lesson or click ‘Hint’ for a summary.

Remember that there are three types of vowels – short, long and diphthongs. You should say the words out loud and concentrate on the highlighted vowels. If it’s a long sound that doesn’t change halfway through, you need to choose an IPA symbol with : after it; if it changes to a different vowel during the sound, choose a diphthong with two symbols.

8 . Question

Match the highlighted vowels with the phonetic symbols.

9 . Question

10 . question, 11 . question.

For the next four questions, read a word in IPA and choose the correct normal spelling.

12 . Question

Choose the correct word.

13 . Question

/kə’nekt/

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15 . question.

This time, identify all the words represented by the IPA shown (in standard southern British English).

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16 . Question

For the last five questions, read a word in IPA and write it in normal spelling.

There may be more than one possible answer.

17 . Question

Write the word in normal spelling.

/’dɪfɪkəlt/

18 . Question

19 . question, 20 . question.

/kənˌɡrætʃəˈleɪʃənz/

Maybe you know something about how to read IPA already. For example…

• kæn jʊː riːd ðɪs

Why do you need IPA? Well, you don’t have to learn it, but it can help you with English learning. Here’s why.

English spelling and pronunciation are horribly irregular. Take these words as examples: thorough, Wednesday, consciousness, or champagne.

There’s not much relation between what you write and what you say. That makes things difficult.

When you’re reading English aloud, you have to see one thing, and say something else. Often, your instinct is to read the letters you see phonetically. This is tiring to fight against, and it leads to pronunciation mistakes, which can easily become bad habits over time.

Using IPA when you study vocabulary solves this problem for you. With IPA, you don’t have to see one thing and say another. IPA is one hundred per cent phonetic. That means the pronunciation and the ‘spelling’ match exactly, every time.

If you’ve never used IPA before, it might look complicated.

It’s not. You can learn to use IPA from zero with one or two hours of practice.

In the rest of this lesson, you’ll get a basic introduction to reading and writing in IPA, and you’ll see how you can use it to make your English learning easier and more effective.

One note before we continue: we’re using IPA based on southern British English pronunciation. Other varieties of English, like US English, are written slightly differently in IPA. However, the differences are not large.

So now, let’s look at how to read IPA.

1. Reading IPA – Consonants

First, some good news! Many IPA symbols are easy, because they look like regular letters, and have the same pronunciation.

This is true for many consonant sounds, like /b/, /m/ or /l/.

Let’s try it. Even if you’ve never used IPA before, I think you could guess what these words are.

Can you say the words? They are: street, traffic, darkness.

Remember that in IPA, the same sound is always written the same way. In English, a /k/ sound can be written with the letters ‘k’ ‘c’, or maybe ‘q’, but in IPA, you always write it with ‘k’.

Consonant sounds which are often written with two letters in English, like /ð/, /ʃ/ or /dʒ/, have symbols in IPA which look different from regular letters. However, there aren’t so many of them. Take a look.

• ʃ = ‘sh’ like ‘shop’
• ʒ = ‘zh’ like ‘decision’
• θ = ‘th’ like ‘bath’
• ð = ‘th’ like ‘brother’
• tʃ = ‘ch’ like ‘cheese’
• dʒ = ‘dj’ like ‘jump’
• ŋ = ‘ng’ like ‘ring’

Pause the video if you want more time to study these.

Ready? Let’s do some practice. Can you read these words in IPA?

Can you read the words? They are: fridge, think, teacher, shopping.

By the way, do you see the little mark which looks like an apostrophe in the last two words? Do you know what it means?

This mark shows you where the stress is in the word. The syllable after this little mark is stressed.

Now, you already know a lot about how to read in IPA. What do you need next?

2. Reading IPA – Vowels

Reading vowels in IPA is a little more work. Why? Because the Roman alphabet has six vowel letters, but there are at least 22 phonetic vowels in English pronunciation.

Why ‘at least?’ It’s because there isn’t one way to pronounce English, and so there’s more than one way to write English in IPA.

Also, sometimes people use different systems for writing in IPA. For example, one book might use the same symbol for two vowel sounds which are very similar to each other, but another book might use different symbols.

Don’t worry about this. It’s not a problem. In this video, you’re seeing a common system for writing English in IPA. You might see different patterns or symbols in other places. It doesn’t mean that one way is right or wrong.

Anyway, let’s see how to read vowels in IPA.

You might know already that there are three kinds of vowel sounds in English: short sounds, long sounds and diphthongs.

For example, the /ɪ/ sound in ‘bit’ is short. The /ɔː/ sound in ‘door’ is long. The /əʊ/ sound in ‘home’ is a diphthong.

It’s easy to see the difference between these three types of sounds in IPA. Short sounds appear as a single symbol.

• u = situation

Remember to pause whenever you need if you want to look at something in more detail. Long sounds have a mark after them, which looks like a colon.

• ɑː = banana

Diphthongs appear as two symbols.

Going through the pronunciations of all the vowel sounds would take a long time, plus we already made a whole video about it! If you’re watching on YouTube, you can find a link in the video description. Watch now: How to Pronounce Vowel Sounds in English.

Reading vowel sounds in IPA is more difficult, because there are more possible spellings for each sound, so the connection between the IPA and the spelling might be less obvious. But, with a little practice, you’ll be able to do it easily.

Let’s try a few words now.

• ɪnfəˈmeɪʃən

Pause the video if you want more time to think about it.

Ready? The words are: woman, banana, brown, floor, information.

Let’s try five more. These are a little more challenging.

Can you work out what these words are? Again, pause the video if you need to.

The words are: airport, mango, anyone, early, zero.

Did you get them right? If so, great! If not, don’t worry. You just need more time to get familiar with IPA.

How can you practise? Easy! There’s a great website: tophonetics.com . You can paste text into the site, and it will change the text to IPA. You can even choose between UK and US pronunciation.

Take a text, paste it in to the website, and try reading the IPA. Spend a little time on this kind of practice – five or ten minutes a day – and you’ll soon find it easy to read IPA.

What if you want to write in IPA on a computer or phone? There are several options, but a good free one is ipa.typeit.org .

Now, you should have all the resources you need to practise reading and writing using IPA. But, how should you use them? Let’s look.

3. Using IPA in Your English Studies

In this section, we’ll give you some advice on using IPA to help you learn English more efficiently and speak better.

Our first piece of advice might sound strange: consider not using IPA! Why? Some people don’t benefit from it.

In our experience, using IPA is really helpful for some learners, but not for everyone.

For example, some learners get better results by listening and copying the pronunciation. Some people are good at this, but there are others who can’t do it well.

This isn’t a problem. Different people learn in different ways. If you find IPA confusing and you don’t feel that it’s helping you, don’t feel that you have to use it. It’s just a tool. You can use it if it’s helpful, but there are other ways to learn, too.

If you think IPA will be helpful for you, then what?

First, whatever dictionary you use, find where the IPA transcriptions are given. Some dictionaries hide the phonetic transcription behind a button, or at the bottom of the page.

Our two recommended online dictionaries are Lexico and Longman . Lexico puts the phonetic transcription at the bottom. Longman has it next to the word, at the top of the page.

Second, get in the habit of writing down the IPA next to the word when you write down new vocabulary. Don’t forget to mark the stress! Word stress is essential for clear pronunciation.

When you’re reviewing vocabulary, you should read the words out loud to practise the pronunciation. When you do this, look only at the IPA. Don’t think about the spelling of the written word. Look at the IPA and say the word out loud.

This way, you can be sure that you’re pronouncing words correctly from the first time you study them. That lets you avoid training bad habits and making mistakes.

Learning IPA for the first time can take a couple of hours, but it’s worth the time. Get into these habits, and your pronunciation will be clearer and more accurate, and it doesn’t need much effort from you.

Do you have any other tips for using IPA to improve your English pronunciation? Please let us know in the comments!

Continue studying with another Oxford Online English lesson: English Sounds and Spelling .

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This IPA keyboard allows you to type phonetic transcriptions of words in all languages. It provides all the official symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (including those for tones) and a few non-IPA symbols commonly used in phonology, such as ˀ , → or ʳ . In addition, it includes most symbols of the Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet (extIPA) – however, only characters available in Unicode are included.

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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Symbols

In the nineteenth century, a group of linguists created the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) . In IPA, each pronounced sound is represented as one phonetic symbol . The official IPA chart contains:

• 107 phonetic symbols for consonants and vowels
• 31 symbols for diacritics which are used to modify consonants and vowels sounds
• 19 additional symbols that indicate the length, tone, stress and intonation

Some sites, such as ipachart.com , offer interactive online IPA charts where you can listen to each and every IPA sound. You probably won't want to learn them all though - it is easier to learn phonetic symbols as part of the words of the language you learn.

If you learn English, for example, listen to English words while looking at their phonetic transcription and pronounce them at the same time to learn correct pronunciation. Your brain will link English phonetic symbols with English sounds. Eventually, you will be able to read English words correctly when you see their phonetic transcription. Having this skill works as a free pronunciation guide.

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English vowel sounds ipa examples – with practice exercises, voice recorder, video & audio files to practice your vowel sounds.

Today, you’ll see English vowels examples of the IPA for each vowel, and to improve your pronunciation you’ll complete English vowel exercises and practice – record and compare every vowel in English! Listen to each vowel sound pronounced by a native English speaker, practise your pronunciation of each vowel sound and download our English Vowel Sounds Chart.

Watch this English Vowel Lesson Video to practice all the vowels in English.

What are the English Vowel Sound IPA symbols (International Phonetic Alphabet)? English has 20 vowel sounds. Short vowels in the IPA are / ɪ /-pit, /e/-pet, /æ/-pat, /ʌ/-cut, /ʊ/-put, /ɒ/-dog, /ə/-about. Long vowels in the IPA are /i:/-week, /ɑ:/-hard,/ɔ:/-fork,/ɜ:/-heard, /u:/-boot. Diphthong vowels in the IPA are /eɪ/-place, /oʊ/-home, /aʊ/-mouse, /ɪə/-clear, /eə/-care, /ɔɪ/-boy, /aɪ/-find, /ʊə/-tour.

I understand that for many pe ople, all those symbols can look a little overwhel ming. But I promise it’s not so bad. We’ll break it down and give you real examples and practise. 

If you want to know more about how to actually use the symbols to improve your pronunciation and English accent, see our guide for learners on using the IPA – “English Pronunciation – How to Use the IPA To Improve”

Before we start, let’s cover some International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) basics.

What is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) used for? Learners of foreign languages use the IPA to check exactly how words are pronounced. Each IPA symbol represents a sound. For example, a learner of English can use the IPA to find out exactly what sounds are in a word and where the word stress is. It is an extremely helpful tool for people learning to speak another language.

Why is the IPA important for learning English pronunciation? The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is very important for learners of English because English is not a phonetic language. The spelling of an English word doesn’t tell us how to pronounce it. In English, several different letter combinations can be used to spell the same sound and there are silent letters. The IPA tells us the correct sounds and word stress for pronouncing English words.

What’s the difference between a short vowel, a long vowel and a diphthong vowel in the IPA in the dictionary? When you look at the English Vowel Sounds IPA symbols in the dictionary one symbol by itself is a short single vowel, two dots like this /:/ after a vowel symbol mean that it is a long single vowel and two vowel symbols, one after the other means a double or diphthong vowel.

Here is an example IPA of what English Vowel Sounds IPA symbols look like in the dictionary.

See  English Diphthong Vowels in the IPA  in the dictionary. 

See an example of how diphthong vowels or double vowels are shown in dictionaries in the diagram below. This IPA example is from the free Cambridge Online Dictionary . The Cambridge Online Dictionary is a reliable and free site that you can use to check the pronunciation of English words. 

It shows the IPA for American English and British English and you can click to hear the word pronounced in both American and British accents. 

See a screen shot of how English diphthong and double vowels are shown in the IPA in the dictionary below. I’ve labelled the marker for Word Stress in the IPA and also schwa, the most important weak vowel in English. 

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(RTTNews) - Tesla Inc. (TSLA) has announced its plans to take the Cybertruck global tour to Europe, with the electric pickup truck set to visit 24 different cities across the continent.

Tesla's European and Middle Eastern division shared a teaser video on Sunday, which revealed the Cyber Odyssey tour's itinerary, including stops in various cities in Germany, Italy, Spain, England, and more. This tour follows previous Cybertruck showcases in China, Japan, Thailand, and at the Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin, Germany.

The latest announcement from the company comes after months of speculation about Tesla's plans to bring the Cybertruck to Europe. However, the feasibility of introducing it to these markets remains uncertain due to varying regulations concerning passenger safety standards across different countries. Tesla Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy has raised concerns about the Cybertruck's compliance with pedestrian safety standards in several European countries, citing the protrusions of the truck's stainless steel as a potential obstacle to selling the vehicle in Europe.

Despite these concerns, Tesla has outlined a range of new features that will soon be available for the Cybertruck, including a dedicated Baja Mode, locking differentials, and a CyberTent mode. The announcement of these upcoming features was made on the official account of the all-electric pickup truck, with Tesla indicating that the features will be rolled out shortly. Tesla Cybertruck Lead Engineer Wes Morrill mentioned that the update with the new features is currently being installed on Wave 1 vehicles.

The Cyber Odyssey tour is a significant step towards expanding the Cybertruck's reach worldwide and introducing it to new markets. It will be interesting to see how the vehicle performs in Europe and whether Tesla can overcome the regulatory challenges to make it a success in the region.

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