Symbols For English

Symbols for English Transcription
Vowels
A kind of sound that does not obstruct the flow of air

Short vowels:

pit

pet

Long vowels:

bean barn born boon burn

Diphthongs:

baybuy

pat

boy

putt

no

pot

now

put

another

peer pair

poor

Consonants
A kind of sound that obstructs the flow of air through the vocal tract.

Plosives: They areproduced by forming a complete obstruction to the flow of air through
mouth and nose.
pin

bin

tin

din

kin

gum

Affricates: A type of consonant consisting of a plosive followed by africative. Strictly
speaking, they are two sounds but they count as one
chain

Jane

Fricatives: A type of consonant made by forcing air through a narrow gap so that a hissing
noise is generated.fine

vine

think this

seal

zeal

sheep measure

how

Nasals: This type of sound is produced by letting the flow of air escape through the nose
sum sun

sung

Lateral: A sound thatobstructs the airflow in the middle but lets air escape through the sides
of the mouth.
light

Approximants: A consonant sound that makes little obstruction to the flow of air and it is oftenconfused with vowels.
right wet

yet

The English and Spanish vowel System

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Chart of English Consonants

Transcribe the following words
bake

loop

heart

handaloud

goat

caught

art

man

ate

doubt

cot

worse

rat

eight

bought

coat

verse

right

bored

tick

coot

worth

write

board

bough

darling

assWright

core

guard

dial

as

rite

car

pea

air

ash

hey

hurts

sheep

"A"

bird

knee

plan

ship

tail

beer

need

teeth

tin

toil

bearbuy

neck

ten

tell

beard

bye

ice

bet

tile

time

by

eyes

bat

hour

lame

to

stack

bad

are

dime

two

stuck

cat

rot

hair

too

sin...