Pronunciation Key

Pronunciation Key

a	at	m, mm	mother
aa	father		hammer
aw	all	'm	rhythm
ay	day	n, nn	not
air	hair		funny
b, bb	but	'n	fashion
	ribbon	ng	song
ch	chin	o	odd
d, dd	do	ō	open
	ladder		good
ə	about	oo	school
	item	ow	owl
	edible	oy	oil
	common	p, pp	pen
	circus		happy
e	egg	r, rr	road
ee	eel		carry
f, ff	fond	s, ss	say
	differ		lesson
g, gg	go	sh	sheep
	giggle	th	thin
h	hat	th	this
hw	when	t, tt	tell
i	it		butter
ī	ice	u	up
j, jj	juice	ur	urge
	pigeon	v, vv	very
k	key		savvy
	thick	w	wet
l, ll	let	y	yes
	silly	z, zz	zoo
'l	apple		blizzard
		zh	vision

In Foreign Words
kh	as in German Bach,
	as in Scottish loch
aN	as in French vin
aaN	as in French blanc
oN	as in French bon
öN	as in French un
ö	as in German schön
ü	as in French rue

Stress Marks
´ as in secret [ skrət ]
` as in secretary [ sékri tèrree

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