EasyPronunciation American English IPA Chart
EasyPronunciation American English IPA Chart sets out the consonants, vowels, r-coloured vowels and diphthongs of American English in four tables, published by EasyPronunciation, a site of phonetic transcription and pronunciation practice tools. Each sound is shown at the start, in the middle and at the end of a word, in broad or narrow transcription, and every example word opens a video of a native speaker saying it.
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How It Helps Your Business English
Four tables cover the consonants, the vowels, the r-coloured vowels and the diphthongs of American English. A switch moves the whole page between broad phonemic transcription and narrow transcription, so /t/ in water can be seen as the tap it becomes. Each sound is given in three positions with an example word, and footnotes explain phonemes and allophones.
You read the chart in broad transcription first, then switch to narrow transcription to see the finer detail your ear already half hears. Clicking an example word opens a video of a native speaker, so you check your idea of a sound against a mouth saying it. The three columns show you what happens to a sound at the start, in the middle and at the end of a word, which is where most errors live.
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