American English Pronunciation

Voiceless Consonants Sounds

1- /p/ as in Pink, Spot, Stop.

2- /t/ as in Teach, Better, or Taught.

3- /k/ as in Cat, Sky, or Black.

4- /ʧ/ as in Cheese, Teacher, or Reach.

5- /f/ as in Free, photograph, Roof.

6- /θ/ as in Think, Three, or Healthy.

7- /s/ as in Sound, Sport, or Pencil.

8- /ʃ/ as in Show, Short, or Fish.

9- /h/ as in Health, Hero, or Ahead.

10- /b/ as in Big, Above, or Verb.

11- /d/ as in Dad, Middle, or Bread.

12- /ɡ/ as in Go, Bigger, or Bag.

13- /ʤ/ as is Justice, Major, or bridge.

14- /v/ as in Vet, Give, or Move.

15- /ð/ as in This, There, or Brother.

16- /z/ as in Zero, Reason, or Puzzle.

17- /ʒ/ as in General, Vision, or Beige.

18- /m/ as in Mother, Summer, or Warm.

19- /n/ as in Night, Winner, or Moon.

20- /ŋ/ as in Long, Single, or Song.

21- /l/ as in Lemon, Play, or Real.

22- /r/ as in Rose, Very, or Far.

23- /w/ as in We, Away, or Twice.

24- /y/ as in Yes, Year, or Beyond.

1- /iy/ as in Tree, Believe, or Teacher. (ee, ea, e-e, e, ie)

2- /ɪ/ as in Big, Building, or Mystery. (i, y, ui, u)

3- /ey/ as in April, Rain, or Way. (ay, ai, a-e, a, eigh)

4- /ɛ/ as in Bread, Ever, or Care. (e, ea, a-e, ai)

5- /æ/ as in Apple, Cat, or laugh. (a, au)

6- /ʌ/ or /ə/ (Schwa) as in Mother, Sun, or trouble. (o, u, ou, oo)

7- /ɑ/ as in Clock, Watch, Heart. (o, a, ar)

8- /uw/ as in Moon, Assume, or True. (oo, ue, u-e, ew, u)

9- /ʊ/ as in Look, Put, or Would. (oo, u, ou, o)

10- /ow/ as in Snow, improve, or Go. (oa, oe, o-e, o, ow)

11- /ɔ/ as in Law, Daughter, or Talk. (aw, au, al, all, or)

12- /ay/ as in Hight, Time, or Hi. (ie, i-e, y, i, igh)

13- /aw/ as in Out, Bough, or Cow. (ow, ou, ough)

14- /oy/ as in Toy, Oil, or Boy. (oi, oy)

Note: All vowels are voiced.