International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects

This concise chart shows the most common applications of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent English language pronunciations.

• AuE = Australian English
• CaE = Canadian English
• GA = General American
• IrE = Irish English
• NZE = New Zealand English
• RP = Received Pronunciation (England)
• ScE = Scottish English
• SAE = South African English
• SSE = Standard Singapore English
• WaE = Welsh English

Chart

This chart lists the diaphonemes of English, in bold, followed by their most common phonetic values, in plain text. For the vowels, a separate phonetic value is given for each major dialect.

IPA											Lexical set	Examples
Dia- phoneme[1]	AuE[15]	CaE	GA[16][17]	IrE	NZE[18]	RP[19]	ScE	SAE	SSE	WaE
IPA: English Vowels
æ	æ, æː[20]	æ	æ	ɑ/æ	ɛ	æ	a	æ	ɛ[21]	a	TRAP	lad, bad, cat[22]
ɑː	aː	ɑ/ɒ	ɑ	ɑː	ɐː	ɑː		ɑː	ɑ[23]	aː	PALM	father
ɒ	ɔ			ɑ	ɒ	ɒ	ɔ	ɔ	ɔ	ɒ	LOT	not, wasp
ɔː	oː		ɔ	ɔː	oː	ɔː		oː		ɒː	THOUGHT	law, caught[24], all, halt, talk
ə	ə	ə	ə	ə	ɘ	ə	ə	ə	ə	ə	COMMA	about
ɨ		ɪ̈	ɪ̈			ɪ	ɨ			ɨ	KIT	spotted
ɪ	ɪ	ɪ	ɪ	ɪ		ɪ	ɪ	ɪ, ə[25]	i, ɪ	ɪ		sit
i	i	i	i		i	i	e, i	iˑ	i	iː	HAPPY	city
iː	iː			iː	iː	iː	iː	iː			FLEECE	see
				eː								meat
eɪ	æɪ	eɪ/e	eɪ		æe	eɪ	e	eɪ	e[26]	eː	FACE	date
										ei		day, pain, whey, rein
ɛ	e	ɛ	ɛ	ɛ	e	ɛ	ɛ	e	ɛ, e[27]	ɛ	DRESS	bed[28]
ɜr	ɜː(ɹ)	ɝ/ɹ̩	ɝ/ɹ̩	ʌɹ[29]	ɵː(ɹ)	ɜː(ɹ)	ʌɾ[29]	øː(ɹ)	ə(ɹ)	ɜː(ɾ)	NURSE	burn
				ɛɹ[29]			ɛɾ[29]					herd, earth
				ɪɹ[29]			ɪɾ[29]					bird
ər	ə(ɹ)	ɚ/ɹ̩	ɚ/ɹ̩	ɚ/ɹ	ɘ(ɹ)	ə(ɹ)	əɾ	ə(ɹ)		ə(ɾ)	LETTER	winner[30]
Dia- phoneme[1]	AuE	CaE	GA	IrE	NZE	RP	ScE	SAE	SSE	WaE	Lexical set	Examples
ʌ	a	ʌ	ʌ	ɔ, ʊ	ɐ	ʌ	ʌ	ɐ	ɑ, ʌ	ɜ	STRUT	run, won, flood
ʊ	ʊ	ʊ	ʊ		ʊ	ʊ	ʉ	ʊ	u	ʊ	FOOT	put
				uː								hood
uː	ʉː	u	u		ʉː	uː		ʉː		uː	GOOSE	through, you
										ɪu[31]		threw, yew
juː	jʉː	(j)u	(j)u	juː	jʉː	juː	jʉ		ju			cute, dew, ewe
aɪ	ɑe	aɪ ʌi[32]	aɪ, ʌi[32]	ɔɪ	ɑe	aɪ	əi	aː	ai, ɑ[33]	ai	PRICE	my, wise, high flight, mice
ɔɪ	oɪ	ɔɪ	ɔɪ	ɒɪ, oɪ	oe	ɔɪ	oi	ɔɪ	ɔi	ɒi	CHOICE	boy, hoist
oʊ	əʉ	oʊ/o	oʊ/o	oː	ɐʉ	əʊ	o	œʉ	o[34]	oː	GOAT	no, toe, soap
										ou		tow, soul, roll, cold, folk
aʊ	æɔ	aʊ, ʌu[32]	aʊ	æu, ɛu	æo	aʊ	ɘʉ	ɑː	au	au	MOUTH	now, trout
ɑr	aː(ɹ)	ɑɹ	ɑɹ	aːɹ	ɐː(ɹ)	ɑː(ɹ)	aɾ		ɑ(ɹ)	aː(ɾ)	START	arm, car
ɪər	ɪə(ɹ)	ɪɹ	i(ə)ɹ		ɪə(ɹ)	ɪə(ɹ)	iɾ	ɪə(ɹ)	jə(ɹ)	ɪə(ɾ)	NEAR	deer, here
ɛər	eː(ɹ)	ɛɹ	ɛɹ		eə(ɹ)	eə(ɹ)[35]	eɾ	ɛː(ɹ)	ɛ(ɹ)	ɛː(ɾ)	SQUARE	mare, there, bear
ɔr	oː(ɹ)	ɔɹ	ɔɹ	ɑɹ	oː(ɹ)	ɔː(ɹ)	ɔɾ	oː(ɹ)	ɔ(ɹ)	ɒː(ɾ)	NORTH	sort, warm
ɔər			oɹ, ɔɹ	oːɹ			oɾ			oː(ɾ)	FORCE	tore, boar, port
ʊər	ʊə(ɹ), ʉːə(ɹ)	ʊɹ	ʊɹ		ʊɐ(ɹ), ʉːɐ(ɹ)	ʊə(ɹ)[36]	uɾ	ʊə(ɹ)	wə(ɹ)	ʊə(ɾ)	CURE	tour, moor
jʊər	jʊə(ɹ), jʉːə(ɹ)	jʊɹ, jɝ	jʊɹ, jɝ		jʊɐ(ɹ), jʉːɐ(ɹ)	jʊə(ɹ), jɔː(ɹ)	juɾ	jʊə(ɹ), joː(ɹ)	jɔ(ɹ)	ɪʊə(ɾ)		pure, Europe
Dia- phoneme[1]	AuE	CaE	GA	IrE	NZE	RP	ScE	SAE	SSE	WaE	Lexical set	Examples