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1/30/07
Singers' IPA Symbols and Their Equivalents
Prepared by C. M. Shearer
IPA
SymbolExample Word
father
[a]ball (East Coast American,
German)
enfant (French)
cat
house
[b] bet
human
[d] dog
[e] debate
[ei] say
bet
about, even
vin (French)
[f] fat
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Singers' IPA symbols and their Equivalents - 2
[g] go
[h] him
[i] see
hit
BbI (Russian)
[j] you
azure, pleasure
just
[k] kiss
[l] lip
llorar (Spanish)
[m] mother
[n] nice
ring
canyon
[o] hope
saw
bon (French)
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Singers' IPA symbols and their Equivalents - 3
hh (German), feu (French)
hlle (German), fleur (French)
boy
blow
[p] pinch
[r] rain
Paris (Uvular R)
[s] size
shoe
[t] type
thin, throw
then, this
church
[u] too
foot, put
[v] love
[w] win
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Singers' IPA symbols and their Equivalents - 4
when, which (British)
[x] Bach (German)
[y] sur (French) khl (German)
hlle (German)
[z] zebra
IPA symbols often combined but not listed above: (The phonetic name for these
sounds is affricates.)
[ts] as in English its[ks] as in English boxHow to Produce Mixed vowels: There is a classification of vowels know as mixed
vowels. These are vowels that are formed by positioning the tongue for one vowel and
simultaneously forming the lip position of another. In the following examples, the firstvowel is the lip position and the second vowel indicates the tongue position. These
sounds are found in German and some in French, but there is no English equivalent for
these four sounds.
lips tongue
[u] +[i] =[y] as in German frhand French fut[U] +[I] =[Y] as in German Glk[o] +[e] =[O] as in German schnand French feu[] +[ ] =[] as in German knntand French coeur
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Sources1. Singers IPA: http://www.scaredofthat.com/dictiondomain/DDipaequiv.html
2. Mixed vowels: Moriarty, John; Diction; ECS Publishing)