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Chart of English Vowel Sounds Although there are only 5 vowel letters in English, there are actually 15 unique vowel sounds. This chart shows all those vowel sounds according to their standard North American pronunciation. North American Dictionary Symbol International Phonetic Alphabet Example word with main spelling Example word(s) with alternate spellings Short a a æ hat Long a ā ei hate rain, say, steak, they, eight, vein, straight Short e e ɛ pet bread, said Long e ē i: Pete meet, meat, chief, he, key, sunny Short i i ɪ kit myth Long i ī ɑi kite lied, wild, night, height, fly Short o o ɑ hop fraud, law, talk, father, fought, taught Long o ō ou hope toe, boat, most, grow, though, soul Short u u u cut touch, some, about Long u ū ɪu: cute cue, pupil, few Short oo oo ʊ book would, bush Long oo ōō u: boot blue, new, suit, flute, soup, shoe, do, through oy oy oi boy boil ow ow ɑu cow out, drought Best ESL Teaching Schools Find Top ESL Degree Programs. Accelerated, Online and On Campus. www.CompareTopSchools.com Chart of English Vowel Sounds | UsefulCharts.com http://www.usefulcharts.com/english/english-vowel-sounds-char... 1 of 2 7/27/12 11:23 PM
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Chart of English Vowel SoundsAlthough there are only 5 vowel letters in English, there are actually 15 unique vowel sounds. This chart shows all those vowel sounds according to theirstandard North American pronunciation.
North AmericanDictionary Symbol
InternationalPhonetic Alphabet
Example wordwith main spelling
Example word(s)with alternate spellings
Short a a æ hat
Long a ā ei hate rain, say, steak, they, eight, vein, straight
Short e e ɛ pet bread, said
Long e ē i: Pete meet, meat, chief, he, key, sunny
Short i i ɪ kit myth
Long i ī ɑi kite lied, wild, night, height, fly
Short o o ɑ hop fraud, law, talk, father, fought, taught
Long o ō ou hope toe, boat, most, grow, though, soul
Short u u u cut touch, some, about
Long u ū ɪu: cute cue, pupil, few
Short oo oo ʊ book would, bush
Long oo ōō u: boot blue, new, suit, flute, soup, shoe, do,through
oy oy oi boy boil
ow ow ɑu cow out, drought
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