Hi there. This video is an interactive phonetic chart with example words.
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Behind be you will see all of the phonetic symbols.
To hear the sounds and the example words just click on the symbol.
/i:/ as in “me".
/ɪ/ as in “this".
/ʊ/ as in “look".
/u:/ as in “you".
/e/ as in “get".
/ə/ as in “the".
/ɜ:/ as in “her".
/ɔ:/ as in “or".
/æ/ as in “have".
/ʌ/ as in “but".
/ɑ:/ as in “last".
/ɒ/ as in “not".
/ɪə/ as in “year".
/eɪ/ as in “say".
/ʊə/ as in “our".
/ɔɪ/ as in “boy".
/əʊ/ as in “no".
/eə/ as in “air".
/aɪ/ as in “try".
/aʊ/ as in “out".
/p/ as in “play".
/b/ as in “begin".
/t/ as in “take".
/d/ as in “day".
/ʧ/ as in “choice".
/ʤ/ as in “join".
/k/ as in “can".
/g/ as in “go".
/f/ as in “for".
/v/ as in “very".
/θ/ as in “think".
/ð/ as in “this".
/s/ as in “see".
/z/ as in “his".
/ʃ/ as in “she".
/ʒ/ as in “television".
/m/ as in “make".
/n/ as in “now".
/ŋ/ as in “thing".
/h/ as in “how".
/l/ as in “look".
/r/ as in “run".
/w/ as in “why".
/j/ as in “use".
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