English language IPA transcript

Here is the complete list of all 44 English phonetic sounds (phonemes).

Total 44 (phonetic Sounds) phonemes.

• 20 vowels
• 24 consonants

Monophthong Vowels (12 sounds)

1. /iː/ – see /siː/
2. /ɪ/ – sit /sɪt/
3. /e/ – bed /bed/
4. /æ/ – cat /kæt/
5. /ɑː/ – car /kɑːr/
6. /ɒ/ – dog (BrE) /dɒɡ/
7. /ɔː/ – saw /sɔː/
8. /ʊ/ – book /bʊk/
9. /uː/ – blue /bluː/
10. /ʌ/ – cup /kʌp/
11. /ə/ – about /əˈbaʊt/
12. /ɜː/ – bird /bɜːd/

Diphthong Vowels (8 sounds)

13. /eɪ/ – face /feɪs/
14. /aɪ/ – price /praɪs/
15. /ɔɪ/ – boy /bɔɪ/
16. /aʊ/ – house /haʊs/
17. /əʊ/ (BrE) / oʊ/ (AmE) – goat /ɡəʊt/ (BrE) / /ɡoʊt/ (AmE)
18. /ɪə/ – near /nɪə/ (BrE) /nɪr/ (AmE)
19. /eə/ – hair /heə/ (BrE) /hɛr/ (AmE)
20. /ʊə/ – cure /kjʊə/ (BrE) /kjʊr/ (AmE)

Consonants (24 sounds)

21. /p/ – pen /pɛn/
22. /b/ – bat /bæt/
23. /t/ – top /tɒp/
24. /d/ – dog /dɒɡ/
25. /k/ – cat /kæt/
26. /ɡ/ – go /ɡoʊ/
27. /f/ – fish /fɪʃ/
28. /v/ – van /væn/
29. /θ/ – think /θɪŋk/
30. /ð/ – this /ðɪs/
31. /s/ – sun /sʌn/
32. /z/ – zoo /zuː/
33. /ʃ/ – she /ʃiː/
34. /ʒ/ – vision /ˈvɪʒən/
35. /h/ – hat /hæt/
36. /m/ – man /mæn/
37. /n/ – not /nɒt/
38. /ŋ/ – sing /sɪŋ/
39. /l/ – leg /lɛɡ/
40. /r/ – red /rɛd/
41. /j/ – yes /jɛs/
42. /w/ – win /wɪn/
43. /tʃ/ – chip /tʃɪp/
44. /dʒ/ – jump /dʒʌmp/