Pronunciation Key

Longman Pronunciation Dictionary:1 Key to phonetic symbols for English (Ausschnitt, leicht modifiziert)2

RP GA Consonants RP GA Vowels
• • p pen, copy, happen • • ɪ kit, bid, hymn
• • b back, bubble, job • • e dress, bed
• • t tea, tight, button • • æ trap, bad
  • ɾ city, better2 •   ɒ lot, odd, wash
• • d day, ladder, odd • • ʌ strut, bud, love
• • k key, cock, school • • ʊ foot, good, put
• • ɡ get, giggle, ghost • • iː fleece, sea, machine
• • ʧ church, match, nature • • eɪ face, day, steak
• • ʤ judge, age, soldier • • aɪ price, high, try
• • f fat, coffee, rough, physics • • ɔɪ choice, boy
• • v view, heavy, move • • uː goose, two, blue
• • θ thing, author, path •   əʊ goat, show, no
• • ð this, other, smooth   • oʊ goat, show, no
• • s soon, cease, sister •   ɒʊ variant in cold
• • z zero, zone, roses, buzz • • aʊ mouth, now
• • ʃ ship, sure, station •   ɪə near, here, serious
• • ʒ pleasure, vision •   eə square, fair, various
• • h hot, whole, behind • • ɑː start, father
• • m more, hammer, sum   • ɑː lot, odd
• • n nice, know, funny, sun   • ɒː thought, law
• • ŋ ring, long, thanks, sung •   ɔː thought, law
• • l light, valley, feel • • ɔː north, war
• • r right, sorry, arrange   • oː variant in force, four
• • j yet, use, beauty •   ʊə cure, poor, jury
• • w wet, one, when, queen •   ɜː nurse, stir
In foreign words only   • ɝː nurse, stir, courage3
• • x loch, chutzpah • • i happy, radiation, glorious
•   ɬ Llanelli, Hluhluwe • • ə about, comma, common
        • • u influence, situation, annual
        • • ɪ intend, basic
        •   ʊ stimulus, educate
        In foreign words only
        •   ɒ̃ grand  prix, chanson
        • • ɑ̃ː grand  prix, chanson
          • ɒ̃ː chanson
        • • æ̃ vingt-et-un
        •   ɜ̃ː vingt-et-un
1 Longman Pronuciation Dictionary (Longman 1989)
2 RP =received pronunciation; GA = General American.
3 The diacritic mark in ɝ indicates "rhotic" (r-coloured) pronunciation.