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English (United States) symbols

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The service supports the following symbols for United States (US) English.

Regular vowels

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SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
a a \n \n aː \n \n ɑ \n \n ɑː \n \n ɐ 0061 \n \n 0061+02D0 \n \n 0251 \n \n 0251+02D0 \n \n 0250 father, lot
A æ 00E6 back, had
e e \n \n eɪ 0065 \n \n 0065+026A cake, pain
E ɛ 025B hedge, let
i i \n \n iː 0069 \n \n 0069+02D0 see, speak, believe
I ɪ 026A pick, ill
o o \n \n oʊ 006F \n \n 006F+028A both, oak
c ɔ \n \n ɔː \n \n ɒ 0254 \n \n 0254+02D0 \n \n 0252 law, cough
u u \n \n uː 0075 \n \n 0075+02D0 zoo, truth
U ʊ \n \n ɯ 028A \n \n 026F took, put
H ʌ 028C but, mug, son
R ə˞ \n \n ɚ \n \n ɜː \n \n ɝ 0259+02DE \n \n 025A \n \n 025C+02D0 \n \n 025D butter, hurt
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Diphthongs

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SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
O ɔɪ 0254+026A toil, boy
W aʊ 0061+028A out, cow
Y aɪ 0061+026A life, fine
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Reduced vowels

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SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
x ə 0259 sofa, alone, suppose, tedious, America
X ɨ \n \n ı 0268 \n \n 0131 roses, connect, melody, symphony, hinted
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Consonants

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SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
b b 0062 bad, sob
C tʃ \n \n ʧ 0074+0283 \n \n 02A7 chip, witch, nature
d d 0064 dip, had
D ð 00F0 this, breathe
f f 0066 field, if, graph
F (flap) ɾ 027E writer, fiddle, little
g g \n \n ɡ 0067 \n \n 0261 good, bug
G ŋ 014B sing, finger
h h \n \n ɦ \n \n x \n \n χ 0068 \n \n 0266 \n \n 0078 \n \n 03C7 hot, hero, challah
J dʒ \n \n ʤ 0064+0292 \n \n 02A4 Jane, huge
k k 006B kill, cat, make, back
l l 006C low, hall
m m 006D man, hum, summer
M m̩ 006D+0329 hmmm
n n 006E never, sun, winner
N (syllabic nasal) n̩ 006E+0329 button, satin, eaten, burden
p p 0070 pit, rip
r r \n \n ɹ 0072 \n \n 0279 borrow, rake
s s 0073 seal, miss, ceiling
S ʃ 0283 ship, wish
t t 0074 tip, pet
T θ 03B8 thing, Beth
v v 0076 vase, save
w w \n \n ʍ 0077 \n \n 028D wear, quick
y j 006A yes, Virginia
z z 007A zip, phase
Z ʒ 0292 treasure, garage
? (glottal stop) ʔ 0294 kitten, Latin
{: caption="Consonants (US English)"}