| Consonants |
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| IPA | امثلة |
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| b | buy, cab | | d | die, cad | | ð | thy, breathe, father | | dʒ | giant, badge | | f | phi, caff | | ɡ (ˈɡ)[1] | guy, cag | | h | high, ahead | | j | yes, hallelujah | | k | chi, sky, crack | | l | lie, sly, gal | | m | my, smile, cam | | n | nigh, snide, ban | | ŋ | gang, sink, ringer | | ŋɡ | finger | | θ | thigh, math | | p | pie, spy, cap | | r | rye, try, very[2] | | s | sigh, mass | | ʃ | shy, cash, emotion | | t | tie, sty, cat | | tʃ | China, catch | | v | vie, have | | w | wye, swine | | hw | why[3] | | z | xi, zoo, has | | ʒ | pleasure, vision, beige[4] | | Marginal consonants |
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| x | ugh, loch, Chanukah[5] | | ʔ | uh-oh /ˈʌʔoʊ/,
Hawai‘i /həˈwaɪʔiː/[6] |
| | Vowels |
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| IPA | Traditional monophthongs | R-colored vowels[7] |
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| æ | bat, bad, shall, ban | ær | barrow, marry | | ɑː | balm, father, bra | ɑr | bar, mar, party, starring (/ɑːr./) | | ɒ | bot, pod, John, doll[8] | ɒr | moral, forage | | ɔː | bawd, caught, dawn, ball, straw[9] | ɔr | born, for, aural (/ɔːr./) | | oʊ | code, boat, goal, bone, go[10] | ɔər | boar, four, more, oral (/oʊr./)[11] | | ʊ | good, foot, pull, Sunni | ʊər | boor, moor, tourist (/uːr./)[12] | | uː | food, lute, pool, soon, blue | | ʌ | bud, but, dull, gun[13] | ʌr | hurry, Murray | | ɜr | bird, myrrh, furry (also /ɝː/)[14] | | ɛ | bed, pet, bell, men | ɛr | berry, merry | | eɪ | fade, fate, fail, vein, pay | ɛər | bear, mare, Mary (/eɪr./) | | ɪ | bid, pit, bill, bin | ɪr | mirror | | iː | bead, peat, feel, mean, sea | ɪər | beer, mere, serious (/iːr./) | | Traditional diphthongs |
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| aɪ | ride, write, file, fine, pie | ɔɪ | void, exploit, foil, coin, boy | | aʊ | out, loud, owl, down, how | juː | cute, hue, pew, dew[15] | | Reduced vowels |
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| ə | Rosa’s, a mission | ən | button | | i | happy, serious[16] | əm | rhythm | ɨ, ɪ | roses, emission [17] | əl | bottle | ʊ | beautiful, curriculum ([jʊ])[18] | ər | perform, mercer (also /ɚ/)[14] | | ɵ | following, omission[19] | |
| Stress | Syllabification |
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| IPA | أَمْثِلَة | IPA | أَمْثِلَة |
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| ˈ | intonation /ˌɪntɵˈneɪʃən/,[20]
battleship /ˈbætəlʃɪp/[21] | . | shellfish /ˈʃel.fɪʃ/, selfish /ˈself.ɨʃ/
nitrate /ˈnaɪ.treɪt/, night-rate /ˈnaɪt.reɪt/
moai /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/[22] | | ˌ |
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