Symbol   ExamplesDescription A Template:Audio-pipe Mandarin 他 tā, German Mann For many English speakers, the first part of the ow sound in cow. Found in some dialects of English in cat or father. [ ä ] Spanish casa, French patte Template:Audio-pipe German Aachen, French gare Long [a]. Template:Audio-pipe RP cut, German Kaiserslautern (With English, [ɐ] is normally written "[ʌ]".) Template:Audio-pipe Finnish Linna, Dutch bad Template:Audio-pipe RP father, French pâte Long [ɑ]. [ ɑ̃ ] French Caen, sans, temps Nasalized [ɑ]. Template:Audio-pipe RP cot Like [ɑ], but with the lips slightly rounded. Template:Audio-pipe Like [ɔ], but without the lips being rounded. (When "[ʌ]" is used for English, it may really be [ɐ] or [ɜ].) Template:Audio-pipe RP cat B Template:Audio-pipe English babble Template:Audio-pipe Swahili bwana Like a [b] said with a gulp. Template:Audio-pipe Like the brrr sound made when cold. Template:Audio-pipe Spanish la Bamba Like [b], but with the lips not quite touching. C Template:Audio-pipe Turkish kebap "kebab", Czech stín "shadow", Greek και "and" Between English tune (RP) and cute. Sometimes used instead for [tʃ] in languages like Hindi. Template:Audio-pipe German Ich More y-like than [x]. Some English speakers have a similar sound in huge. To produce this sound, try whispering loudly the word "ye" as in "Hear ye!". Template:Audio-pipe Mandarin Xi'an, Polish ściana More y-like than [ʃ]; something like English she. Template:Audio-pipe see under O D Template:Audio-pipe English dad Template:Audio-pipe Swahili Dodoma Like [d] said with a gulp. Template:Audio-pipe American English harder Like [d] with the tongue curled or pulled back. Template:Audio-pipe English the, bathe Template:Audio-pipe1 English adze, Italian zero Template:Audio-pipe1 English judge Template:Audio-pipe1 Polish niedźwiedź "bear" Like [dʒ], but with more of a y-sound. Template:Audio-pipe1 Polish dżem "jam" Like [dʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back. E Template:Audio-pipe Spanish fe; French clé Template:Audio-pipe German Klee Long [e]. Similar to English hey, before the y sets in. Template:Audio-pipe English above, Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief" (Only occurs in English when not stressed.) [ ɚ ] American English runner Template:Audio-pipe English bet [ ɛ̃ ] French Agen, vin, main; Polish mięso Nasalized [ɛ]. Template:Audio-pipe RP bird (long) [ ɝ ] American English bird F Template:Audio-pipe English fun Template:Audio-pipe see under J Template:Audio-pipe see under J G Template:Audio-pipe English gag (Should look like . No different from a Latin "g") Template:Audio-pipe Swahili Uganda Like [ɡ] said with a gulp. Template:Audio-pipe Like [ɡ], but further back, in the throat. Found in Persian and some Arabic dialects for /q/, as in Gaddafi. Template:Audio-pipe see under Z English beige. H Template:Audio-pipe American English house Template:Audio-pipe English ahead, when said quickly. [ ʰ ] The extra puff of air in English top [tʰɒp] compared to stop [stɒp], or to French or Spanish [t]. Template:Audio-pipe Arabic محمد Muhammad Far down in the throat, like [h], but stronger. Template:Audio-pipe see under U [ ɮ ] see under L I Template:Audio-pipe French ville, Spanish Valladolid Template:Audio-pipe English sea Long [i]. Template:Audio-pipe English sit Template:Audio-pipe Russian ты "you" Often used for unstressed English roses. J Template:Audio-pipe English yes, German Junge [ ʲ ] Russian Ленин [ˈlʲenʲɪn] Indicates a sound is more y-like. Template:Audio-pipe Spanish cayo (some dialects) Like [j], but stronger. Template:Audio-pipe Turkish gör "see", Czech díra "hole" Between English dew (RP) and argue. Sometimes used instead for [dʒ] in languages like Hindi. Template:Audio-pipe Swahili jambo Like [ɟ] said with a gulp. K Template:Audio-pipe English kick, skip L Template:Audio-pipe English leaf Template:Audio-pipe English wool
Russian малый [ˈmɑɫɨj] "small" "Dark" el. Template:Audio-pipe Welsh llwyd [ɬʊɪd] "grey"
Zulu hlala [ɬaːla] "sit" Rather like [l] and [ʃ] or [l] and [θ] said together. Found in Welsh names like Lloyd and Llywelyn and Nelson Mandela's Xhosa name Rolihlahla. Template:Audio-pipe Like [l] with the tongue curled or pulled back. Template:Audio-pipe A flapped [l], like [l] and [ɾ] said together. Template:Audio-pipe Zulu dla "eat" Rather like [l] and [ʒ], or [l] and [ð], said together. M Template:Audio-pipe English mime Template:Audio-pipe English symphony Like [m], but lips touch teeth as they do in [f]. [ ɯ ] see under W Template:Audio-pipe see under W N Template:Audio-pipe English nun Template:Audio-pipe English sing Template:Audio-pipe Spanish Peña, French champagne Rather like English canyon. Template:Audio-pipe Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳ] "Varuna" Like [n] with the tongue curled or pulled back. Template:Audio-pipe Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan] Like [ŋ], but further back, in the throat. O Template:Audio-pipe Spanish no, French eau Template:Audio-pipe German Boden, French Vosges Long [o]. Somewhat reminiscent of English no. Template:Audio-pipe German Oldenburg, French Garonne Template:Audio-pipe RP law, French Limoges Long [ɔ]. [ ɔ̃ ] French Lyon, son; Polish wąż Nasalized [ɔ]. Template:Audio-pipe French feu, bœufs Like [e], but with the lips rounded like [o]. Template:Audio-pipe German Goethe, French Deûle, neutre Long [ø]. Template:Audio-pipe Swedish dum Halfway between [o] and [ø]. Similar to [ʊ] but with the tongue slightly more down and front. Template:Audio-pipe French bœuf, seul, German Göttingen Like [ɛ], but with the lips rounded like [ɔ]. Template:Audio-pipe French œuvre, heure Long [œ]. [ œ̃ ] French brun, parfum Nasalized [œ]. Template:Audio-pipe see under other Template:Audio-pipe see under other P Template:Audio-pipe English pip, spit Q Template:Audio-pipe Arabic Qur’ān Like [k], but further back, in the throat. R Template:Audio-pipe Spanish perro, Scots borrow "Rolled R". (Generally used for English [ɹ] when there's no need to be precise.) Template:Audio-pipe Spanish pero, Tagalog daliri, Malay kabar, American English kitty/kiddie "Flapped R". Template:Audio-pipe A trill in the back of the throat. Found for /r/ in some conservative registers of French. Template:Audio-pipe Hindi साड़ी [sɑːɽiː] "sari" Like flapped [ɾ], but with the tongue curled back. Template:Audio-pipe RP borrow Template:Audio-pipe American English borrow, butter Like [ɹ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back, as pronounced by many English speakers. Template:Audio-pipe French Paris, German Riemann Said back in the throat, but not trilled. S Template:Audio-pipe English sass Template:Audio-pipe English shoe Template:Audio-pipe Mandarin Shàolín, Russian Пушкин (Pushkin) Acoustically similar to [ʃ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
T Template:Audio-pipe English tot, stop Template:Audio-pipe Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief" Like [t], but with the tongue curled or pulled back. Template:Audio-pipe2 English cats, Russian царь tsar Template:Audio-pipe 2 English church Template:Audio-pipe2 Mandarin 北京 Template:Audio-pipe, Polish ciebie "you" Like [tʃ], but with more of a y-sound. Template:Audio-pipe2 Mandarin zh, Polish czas Like [tʃ] with the tongue curled or pulled back . U Template:Audio-pipe French vous "you" Template:Audio-pipe French Rocquencourt, German Schumacher, close to RP food Long [u]. Template:Audio-pipe English foot, German Bundesrepublik Template:Audio-pipe Australian English food (long) Like [ɨ], but with the lips rounded as for [u]. Template:Audio-pipe French lui Like [j] and [w] said together. Template:Audio-pipe see under W V Template:Audio-pipe English verve Template:Audio-pipe Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳə] "Varuna" Between [v] and [w]. Used by some Germans and Russians for v/w, and by some speakers of British English for r. Template:Audio-pipe Arabic / Swahili ghali "expensive", Spanish suegro Sounds rather like French [ʁ] or between [g] and [h]. Template:Audio-pipe Mandarin Hénán Like [o] but without the lips rounded, something like a cross of [ʊ] and [ʌ]. [ ʌ ] see under A W Template:Audio-pipe English wow [ ʷ ] English rain [ɹʷeɪn] Indicates a sound has lip rounding, quick. Template:Audio-pipe what (some dialects) like [h] and [w] said together Template:Audio-pipe Turkish kayık "caïque" Like [u], but with the lips flat; something like [ʊ]. Template:Audio-pipe Spanish agua X Template:Audio-pipe Scottish English loch, German Bach, Russian хороший [xɐˈroʂɨj] "good", Spanish joven between [k] and [h] Template:Audio-pipe northern Standard Dutch Scheveningen, Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan] Like [x], but further back , in the throat. Some German and Arabic speakers have [χ] for [x]. Y Template:Audio-pipe French rue Like [i], but with the lips rounded as for [u]. Template:Audio-pipe German Bülow, French sûr Long [y]. Template:Audio-pipe German Eisenhüttenstadt Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ]. Template:Audio-pipe Italian tagliatelle Like [l], but more y-like. Rather like English volume. Template:Audio-pipe see under U Template:Audio-pipe see under V [ ɣ ] see under V Z Template:Audio-pipe English zoos Template:Audio-pipe English vision, French journal Template:Audio-pipe formal Russian жжёшь [ʑːoʂ] "you burn", Polish źle More y-like than [ʒ], something like beigey. Template:Audio-pipe Mandarin 人民日报 Rénmín Rìbào "People's Daily", Russian жир "fat" Like [ʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back . [ ɮ ] see under L other Template:Audio-pipe English thigh, bath Template:Audio-pipe Japanese 富士 [ɸɯdʑi] Fuji Like [p], but with the lips not quite touching Template:Audio-pipe English uh-oh, Hawai‘i, German die Angst The 'glottal stop', a catch in the breath. For some people, found in button [ˈbʌʔn̩], or between vowels across words: Deus ex machina [ˌdeɪəsˌʔɛksˈmɑːkɨnə]; in some nonstandard dialects, in a apple [ʌˈʔæpl̩]. Template:Audio-pipe Arabic عربي (carabī) "Arabic" A light sound deep in the throat. Template:Audio-pipe English tsk-tsk! or tut-tut!, Zulu icici "earring" (The English click used for disapproval.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǀ ], [ ɡǀ ], [ ŋǀ ]. The Zimbabwean MP Ncube has this click in his name, as did Cetshwayo. Template:Audio-pipe English tchick! tchick!, Zulu ixoxo "frog" (The English click used to urge on a horse.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǁ ], [ ɡǁ ], [ ŋǁ ]. Found in the name of the Xhosa. Template:Audio-pipe Zulu iqaqa "polecat" (The English click used to imitate the trotting of a horse.) A hollow popping sound, like a cork pulled from a bottle. Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǃ ], [ ɡǃ ], [ ŋǃ ].