IPA chart for English

This is the International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English. These symbols will be used throughout Wikipedia. Linguists use this set of symbols.

RP = Received Pronunciation. GA = General American. AuE = Australian English.

IPA: English Consonants IPA Examples p pen, spin, tip b but, web t two, sting, bet d do, odd tʃ chair, nature, teach dʒ gin, joy, edge k cat, kill, skin, queen, thick ɡ go, get, beg f fool, enough, leaf v voice, have θ thing, teeth ð this, breathe, father s see, city, pass z zoo, rose ʃ she, sure, emotion, leash ʒ pleasure, beige h ham m man, ham n no, tin ŋ singer, ring l left, bell ɹ run, very w we j yes ʍ what

IPA: English Vowels IPA Examples RP GA AuE ɑː ɑ aː father ɪ ɪ ɪ sit ɪ i i city iː i iː see ɛ ɛ e bed ɜː ɝ ɜː bird æ æ æ lad, cat, ran ɑː ɑɹ aː arm ʌ ʌ a run, enough ɒ ɑ ɔ not, wasp ɔː ɔ oː law, caught ʊ ʊ ʊ put, wood uː u ʉː soon, through ə ə ə about ə ɚ ə winner IPA: English Diphthongs IPA Examples RP GA AuE eɪ eɪ æɪ day, pain aɪ aɪ ɑe my, wise ɔɪ ɔɪ oɪ boy əʊ oʊ əʉ no, tow aʊ aʊ æɔ now ɪə ɪɹ ɪə near, here ɛə ɛɹ eː hair, there ʊə ʊɹ ʊə tour juː ju jʉː pupil

IPA: Marginal Sounds
IPA	Examples
x	Scottish loch
ʔ	uh-(ʔ)oh

IPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example rapping /ˈɹæpɪŋ/
ˌ	Secondary stress, for example battleship /ˈbætl̩ˌʃɪp/
.	Syllable separator, for example plankton /ˈplæŋk.tən/
̩	Syllabic consonant, for example ridden /ˈɹɪdn̩/