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Modified from: Ling, D. (2002) Speech and the Hearing-Impaired Child:  Theory and Practice (2nd ed.), Washington DC: Alexander Graham Bell Association, p. 7, Table 1.A
Table 1.A
International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols
Consonants Vowels
Symbol Key Word Symbol Key Word
[p] pea [u] who
[b] bee [U] would
[t] tea [o] no
[d] do [e] more
[k] key [rounded a] of
[g] go [a] art
[m] my [inverted v] must
[n] no [e] learn
[n] Ling [e] again
[h] hop [e] mother
[f] fee [æ] and
[v] very [e] then
[o fricative] thin [e] take
[ð] that [I] his
[s] so [i] ease
[z] zoo [j] (semi-vowel) young
[sh] she [w] (semi-vowel) water
[zh] casual
[tsh] cheap Diphthongs
[dzh] Jeep Symbol Key Word
[j] you [aI] pie
[l] look [aU] cow
[r] red [eI] toy
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