Global pronunciation american accent

THE DESCRIPTION OF ENGLISH CONSONANTS

STOPS	p	b	t	d	k	g
FRICATIVES	f	v	θ	ð	s	z	ʃ	ʒ	h
AFFRICATES	tʃ	dʒ
APPROXIMANTS	l	r	w	y

THE SOUNDS OF STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH

FRONT	i	e	ɪ	ɛ	æ	a
CENTRAL	ʌ	ə	ɚ	ɝ
BACK	u	o	ʊ	ɔ	ɑ

FRONT VOWELS

/i/	high	close	tense	unrounded	stressed
/ɪ/	high	open	lax	unrounded	stressed
/e/	mid	close	tense	unrounded	stressed
/ɛ/	mid	open	lax	unrounded	stressed
/æ/	low	open	lax	unrounded	stressed
/a/	low	close	tense	unrounded	stressed

CENTRAL VOWELS

/ɚ/	mid	close	lax	rounded	unstressed
/ɜ/	mid	open	tense	rounded	stressed
/ʌ/	mid	close	tense	unrounded	stressed
/ə/	mid	open	lax	unrounded	unstressed

BACK VOWELS

/u/	high	close	tense	rounded	stressed
/ʊ/	high	open	lax	rounded	stressed
/o/	mid	close	tense	rounded	stressed
/ɔ/	low-mid	open	lax	rounded	stressed
/ɑ/	low	open	lax	unrounded	stressed

THE SOUNDS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH

e

æ

ɪ

ə

ʌ

ʊ

i

ɜ

ɑ

u

ɔ

ɪr

ʊr

ɛr

eɪ

ɔɪ

aɪ

oʊ

aʊ

eɪə

ɔɪə

aɪə

oʊə

aʊə

b	dʒ	d	ð	g	ʒ	l	m	n
ŋ	r	v	w	j	z

tʃ

f

h

k

p

s

ʃ

t

θ

LAX	/ɪ/	/ɛ/	/æ/	/ɚ/	/ʌ/	/ə/	/ʊ/	/ɔ/	/ɑ/
TENSE	/i/	/e/	/a/	/ɜ/	/u/	/o/

FRONT VOWELS	i	ɪ	eɪ	ɛ	æ
CENTRAL VOWELS	ə	ʌ
BACK VOWELS	uw	ʊ	ow	ɔ	a/ɑ

SYMBOLS FOR AMERICAN ENGLISH VOWEL SOUNDS

i^y ɪ		u^w ʊ
e^y ɛ	ə ʌ	o^w
æ		ɑ

BRITISH PRONUNCIATION VERSUS AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION

BRITISH ENGLISH	AMERCAN ENGLISH
/e/	/e/ = /ɛ/
/æ/	/a/
/ɪ/	/ɪ/
/ə/	/ə/
/ʌ/	/ʌ/ = /ə/
/ʊ/	/ʊ/
/iː/	/i/ = /i^y/
/ɜː/	/ɜr/ = /əɾ/ = /ɚ/
/ɑː/	/ɑ/
/uː/	/u/ = /u^w/
/ɔː/	/ɔ/
/ɒ/	/ɑ/
/ɪə^r/	/ɪr/
/ʊə^r/	/ʊr/
/eə^r/	/er/
/eɪ/	/eɪ/ = /e^y/
/ɔɪ/	/ɔɪ/ = /ɔ^y/
/aɪ/	/aɪ/ = /a^y/
/əʊ/	/oʊ/ = /o^w/
/aʊ/	/aʊ/ = /a^w/
/eɪə^r/	/eɪɚ/ = /e^yər/
/ɔɪə^r/	/ɔɪɚ/ = /ɔ^yər/
/aɪə^r/	/aɪɚ/ = /a^yər/
/əʊə^r/	/oʊɚ/ = /o^wər/
/aʊə^r/	/aʊɚ/ = /a^wər/

CONTRACTION (BECOMING SMALLER) IN ENGLISH PHONETIC SYMBOLS

SHORT VOWEL PHONEMES (BECOMING SMALLER = SHORTER)	LONG VOWEL PHONEMES (BECOMING LARGER = BIGGER)
/e/	/eː/ = /ɛ/
/ɪ/	/iː/ = /i/
/ə/	/ɜː/ = /ɜ/
/æ/ /ʌ/ /a/	/ɑː/ = /ɑ/
/ʊ/	/uː/ = /u/
/ɒ/	/ɔː/ = /ɔ/

LONG VOWEL PHONEMES
British English	American English
/iː/	/i/
/ɜː/	/ɜ/
/ɑː/	/ɑ/
/uː/	/u/
/ɔː/	/ɔ/

AMERICAN ENGLISH VERSUS BRITISH ENGLISH

AMERICAN ENGLISHBRITISH ENGLISH
/æ/	/fæst/	/ɑː/	/fɑːst/
/ɚ/	/stɚ/	/ɜː/	/stɜː^r/
/ɑ/	/hɑt/	/ɒ/	/hɒt/
/ɔ/	/dɔg/	/ɒ/	/dɒg/
/ɪr/	/hɪr/	/ɪə/	/hɪə^r/
/ʊr/	/tʊr/	/ʊə/	/tʊə^r/
/er/	/her/	/eə/	/heə^r/
/oʊ/	/goʊ/	/əʊ/	/gəʊ/
/r/	/ˈgɑrdn/	/-/	/ˈgɑːdn/