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  High             i:                                                            u:

                      I                                                                       U

                  

Mid                                          3:

                                                   ə

                              e                                               (ɔ) ɔ:

                                                                                    

                                                      ʌ                            ɒ 

                                                     

Low                              æ                                           

 (a) ɑ:           

When you need to express the speech sounds ( a + I) is /aI/, you can use /a/.  Otherwise, you use the symbol / ɑ: / for the letter ‘a / ar ’ for the words ‘father’ and ‘hard’.

IPA

1.  / i:/     (/ i /)                                   11.  / əU /     / əUə /     (/ o /)

2.  / I/                                                 12.  / ɔ: /    (/ ɔ /)

                                                          

3.  /eI/       / eIə /                                13.  / 3: /    (/3/)

4.  / e /     (/ɛ/)                                   14.  / ə /                       

5.  / ӕ /                                              15.  / aI/       / aIə /

                                                          16.  /aU /    / aUə /

6.  / ɑ : /     ( / ɑ /)                               17.  / ɔI /     /  ɔIə /

7.  / ɒ /                                               18.  / I ə /

                                                          19.  / eə /

8.  / ʌ /                                               20.  / U ə /

9.  / u: /

10.  / U /

Diphthongs                                         Triphthongs

/ I /      / ə /        / U /                                / I /               / U /      

/eI/    / I ə /    / əU /                             / eIə /           / əUə /

/ aI/    / eə /      /aU /                                       / aIə /         / aUə /

/ ɔI /   / U ə /                                          /  ɔIə /