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Phonetics

Vowels: American English

The following is a clickable map demonstrating the vowel inventory of most American English speakers. Click on each vowel to hear examples of each. Note that the two central vowels sound pretty much the same in isolation. The main difference between the two is that the tent (inverted v) sound occurs in stressed syllables (like "funny"), while the schwa occurs in unstressed syllables (like "sofa").
If you don't hear anything when you click on the image below, try the alternate version.

Vowel chart


Consonant Classes


Stops
IPASunIPAasciirsynthSAMPAKeyWord
phpppppet
thtttttop
khkkkkkeep
pppppspot
tttttstop
kkkkksky
---?uh-uh
bbbbbbet
ddddddot
ggggggo
----butter


Fricatives
IPASunIPAasciirsynthSAMPAKeyWord
ffffffit
vvvvvvote
THTTTthin
ðDHDDDthen
ssssssit
zzzzzzip
SHSSSshin
ZHZZZrouge
CHtStStSouch
jdZdZdZedge
hHHhhhhot
----what*
Approximants
IPASunIPAasciirsynthSAMPAKeyWord
a r-and-inverted-r gifrrrrred
llllllip
barred el-L--full
wwwwwwatt
y/jjjjjyet
Nasals
IPASunIPAasciirsynthSAMPAKeyWord
mmmmmmit
nnnnnnot
NGNNNsing
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/linguistics/resources/phonetics/

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