SYLLABLE-TIMED

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VOWEL PHONEMES
Short vowels æ e ɪ ə ʌ ʊ ɒ
Long vowels iː ɜː ɑː uː ɔː
Diph-thongs ɪə ʊə eə eɪ ɔɪ aɪ əʊ aʊ
Triph-thongs eɪə ɔɪə aɪə əʊə aʊə
CONSONANT PHONEMES
Plosives
(Stops)
Fricatives
Sonorants
(Semi-vowels)
p b t d tʃ dʒ k g
f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ
m n ŋ h l r w j
PLACES OF ARTICULATION
Bi-labial p b m w
Labio-dental f v
Dental θ ð
Alveolar t d s z l n
Post-alveolar tʃ dʒ ʃ ʒ r
Palatal
j
Velar k g ŋ
Throat
h
*74 phono-grams represent 46 sounds (phonemes) in English.
*Each sound (phoneme) in a word is represented by a phono-gram.