Post on 24-Dec-2015
By Melody Chiu
K.K Phonetic Symbols
Places of articulation -- Vowels
Places of articulation -- Consonants
﹝e﹞Long Vowels
Mid, front, tense vowel
﹝i﹞Long Vowels
High, front, tense vowel
﹝o﹞Long Vowels
Mid, back,
tense,roundedvowel
﹝u﹞Long Vowels
High, back,
tense,rounded
vowel
﹝æ﹞Short Vowels
Low, front, lax
vowel
﹝ɛ﹞
Mid, front, lax
vowel
Short Vowels
﹝ɪ﹞
High, front, lax
vowel
Short Vowels
﹝ɔ﹞
Mid, back, lax,rounded
vowel
Short Vowels
﹝ʊ﹞
High, back, lax,rounded
vowel
Short Vowels
﹝ʌ﹞
Mid, central,
lax vowel
Short Vowels
﹝ɝ﹞
Low, central, tense vowel
Retroflex Vowels
﹝ɚ﹞
High, central, tense vowel
Short VowelsRetroflex
Vowels
﹝aɪ﹞
Mid-high, front, tense vowel
Short VowelsDiphthongs
﹝aʊ﹞
Low-back toMid-high
front, rounded
vowel
Diphthongs
﹝ɔɪ﹞
Low-mid back
To mid-high front,
rounded to unrounded
Diphthongs
﹝p﹞
Bilabial, voiceless
consonant
Voiceless C.
﹝t﹞
Mid, front, tense vowel
Voiceless C.
﹝k﹞
Mid, front, tense vowel
Voiceless C.
﹝f﹞
Labiodental, voicelessconsonant
Voiceless C.
﹝s﹞
Alveolar,Voiceless
consonant
Voiceless C.
﹝θ﹞
Interdental,
voicelessconsonant
Voiceless C.
﹝ʃ﹞
Alveo-palatal,
voicelessconsonant
Voiceless C.
﹝tʃ﹞
Alveo-palatal
voiceless consonant
Voiceless C.
﹝h﹞
Glottal, voiceless consonant
Voiceless C.
﹝b﹞
Bilabial, voiced
consonant
Voiced Consonants
﹝d﹞
Alveolar, voiced
consonant
Voiced Consonants
﹝g﹞
Velar, voiced
consonant
Voiced Consonants
﹝v﹞
Labio-dental, voiced
consonant
Voiced Consonants
﹝z﹞
Alveolar, voiced
consonant
Voiced Consonants
﹝ð﹞
Inter-dental,voiced
consonant
Voiced Consonants
﹝ʒ﹞
Alveo-palatal, voiced
consonant
Voiced Consonants
﹝dʒ﹞
Alveo-palatal,voiced
consonant
Voiced Consonants
﹝m﹞
Bilabial,nasal, voiced
consonant
Nasal Consonants
﹝n﹞
Alveolar, nasal, voiced
consonant
Nasal Consonants
﹝ŋ﹞
Velar, nasal, voiced
consonant
Nasal Consonants
﹝l﹞
Alveolar, voiced
consonant
Labial Consonants
﹝r﹞
Alveolar,voiced
consonant
Labial Consonants
﹝ j﹞
Palatal, voiced
consonant
Semi-vowels
﹝w﹞
Bilabial, voiced
consonant
Semi-vowels