Writing Systems Of The World
pronunciation of words in English If the words illustrating two symbols sound the same to you (say, if you pronounce cot and caught the same, or do and dew , or marry and merry ), you can ignore the difference between those symbols. Footnotes explain some of these mergers. (See also #Dialect variation below.) Consonants IPA Examples b b uy, ca b d d ye, ca d , d o ð th y, brea the , fa th er dʒ g iant, ba dge , j am f f an, ca ff , ph i ɡ ( ɡ ) [1] g uy, ba g h h igh, a h ead j [2] y es, hallelu j ah k s k y, c ra ck l l ie, s l y, ga l m m y, s m ile, ca m n n igh, s n ide, ca n ŋ sa ng , si n k, si ng er θ th igh, ma th p p ie, s p y, ca p r r ye, t r y, ve r y [3] s s igh, ma ss ʃ sh y, ca sh , emo ti on t t ie, s t y, ca t , a t om tʃ ch ina, ca tch v v ie, ha ve w w ye, s w ine hw wh y [4] z z oo, ha s ʒ equa ti on, plea s ure, vi si on, bei g e [5] ...