Missionary Training at ABWE

Phonetic Alphabet Reference

Instructions: Click on an IP symbol for an enlarged view. Click on a speaker icon to listen to the example spoken.

Vowels
Enlarged View	IP	Listen	Examples	IP	Listen	Examples
			ask, rather *			yea, say
			father, odd			sigh, aisle
			make, eight			now, owl
			sat, act			coy, oil
			seed, eat			know, row
			red, end			ear, here
			it, since			air, snare
			hope, old			are, barge
			sauce, off			oar, tore
			log, toss *			sure, poor
			truth, blue			fire, liar
			put, hook			tower, our
			under, love (stressed syllable)
			about, second (unstressed syllable)
			roses (unstressed syllable)

* Regional pronunciations most commonly heard in eastern and southern United States.

* k, p, and t may also be unaspirated as in make, map, and not