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The exercises on the following pages are designed to give practice in using the International Phonetic Alphabet, an alphabet designed to be used in the transcription of human speech sounds. To obtain an empty chart for your practice, click here.
If you would like to see charts that concentrate only on the sounds of Standard American English, click here.
If you need to know the names of symbols, click here. Use this link if you are enrolled in ANTH 383 and need to transcribe words without using an IPA font.
Click on (almost) any symbol below to hear it spoken!
The vowels in the above chart are cardinal vowels. To hear examples of English vowels, click on the links below. If you would like to see written words that illustrate these vowels, click here.
Male speaker, 30 yrs, (Texan/Georgian)
Female speaker, 19 yrs. (San Francisco, CA)
Male speaker, 22 yrs. (Pennsylvania/Arizona)
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