Consonants
[1]
IPA
|
Examples
|
Modern English approximation
|
b
|
b
ysig, lam
b
, ha
bb
an
|
b
usy
|
c
|
n?
h
t, t?
h
te
[2]
|
h
ue
|
d
|
d
?n, fæ
d
er, lan
d
, bi
dd
an
|
d
o
|
d?
|
sen
g
an, e
cg
[3]
|
e
dg
e
|
ð
|
?
þ
er, eor
þ
e
[4]
|
o
th
er
|
f
|
f
æder, ??
f
, o
ff
rian
[4]
|
f
ather
|
?
|
g
?d,
g
nætt, geon
g
[3]
|
g
ood
|
h
|
h
?ah,
h
?lþ
[2]
|
h
eaven
|
j
|
g
eong, næ
g
l, ?e
g
,
g
?a, bysi
g
[3]
|
y
ear
|
k
|
c
yning,
c
n??, tus
c
, hne
cc
a, a
x
ian
[3]
[5]
|
k
ing
|
l
|
l
ufu, h?
l
þ, næg
l
|
l
eaf
|
?
|
fea
ll
an, ea
l
d,
?l
ite
[6]
|
pea
l
|
l?
|
hl
?f,
hl
ehhan
[7]
|
whispered
l
eaf
|
m
|
m
?dor,
m
agan, la
m
b
|
m
other
|
n
|
n
?ah, c
n
?o, g
n
ætt, la
n
d, habba
n
, su
nn
e
|
n
ear
|
n?
|
hn
utu,
hn
ecca
[7]
|
whispered
n
ear
|
ŋ
|
geo
n
g, dri
n
can
|
you
ng
|
p
|
p
æþ
|
p
ath
|
r
|
r
?dan, m?do
r
[8]
|
r
ead
|
r?
|
eo
r
þe, steo
rr
a,
?r
ang
[6]
[8]
|
ru
ff
|
r?
|
hr
ing
[7]
[8]
|
whispered
r
ead
|
s
|
s
unne, mi
ss
an, a
x
ian
[4]
[5]
|
s
un
|
?
|
sc
eadu, fi
sc
[3]
|
sh
adow
|
t
|
t
?d, h?æ
t
, se
tt
an
|
s
t
and
|
t?
|
c
?ace, ?i
cc
e
[3]
|
ch
eese
|
v
|
o
f
er, lu
f
u
[4]
|
o
v
er
|
?
|
ma
g
an, la
g
u, da
g
um
|
Spanish
fue
g
o
|
w
[9]
|
?
?f, c
?
ic, cn?
?
|
w
ife
|
?
|
h?
?,
h?
æt
[7]
|
wh
at (
some speakers
)
|
x
|
h?a
h
, þur
h
, hle
hh
an
[2]
|
lo
ch
(
Scottish English
)
|
z
|
by
s
i?
[4]
|
bu
s
y
|
θ
|
þ
æt, pæ
þ
, h?l
þ
, si
þþ
an
[4]
|
th
rough
|
|
Vowels
[10]
IPA
|
Examples
|
Modern English approximation
|
?
|
a
xi
a
n, sce
a
du, hnecc
a
[11]
|
c
o
t (
American English
)
|
?ː
|
?
n, hl
?
f, h?
?
|
f
a
ther
|
æ
|
æ
fter, f
æ
der
|
c
a
t
|
æː
|
?
nig, h
?
lþ
|
d
a
d
|
e
|
e
cg, fæd
e
r
|
Spanish
t
e
|
eː
|
?
þel
|
similar to
m
a
de
|
i
|
i
lca, c?
i
c, h?l
i
g
|
f
ee
t
|
iː
|
?
sig, t
?
d
|
n
ee
d
|
o
|
o
fer, sc
eo
lde, heof
o
n
[11]
|
th
o
rn
|
oː
|
?
þer, m
?
dor
|
d
oo
r
|
ø
|
eo
rþe
[12]
|
t
u
rn
|
øː
|
gem
œ?
tan
[12]
|
bl
u
r
|
u
|
u
nder, g
eo
ng, l
u
f
u
[11]
|
r
oo
t
|
uː
|
?
t
|
m
oo
d
|
y
|
sc
y
ld,
y
fel
|
French
t
u
|
yː
|
f
?
r
|
German
D
u
rer
|
Diphthongs
|
æ?
|
ea
ld
|
m
ou
th (
Cockney
)
|
æː?
|
?a
ge, n
?a
h
|
n
ow
(
Cockney
)
|
eo
|
eo
rþe, h
eo
fon
|
b
e
d + r
o
d
|
eːo
|
?o
?u, d
?o
r
|
sn
ail
(
MLE
)
|
iy
|
s
ie
x
[13]
|
f
ee
t +
French
t
u
|
iːy
|
n
?e
hst
[13]
|
n
ee
d +
French
t
u
|
Suprasegmentals
IPA
|
Examples
|
Explanation
|
?
|
eor
þe
[?eor?ðe]
|
stress mark (placed right before the stressed syllable)
|
|