Acapela

US English

Table 1. Consonants

Symbol	Transcription	As in:
b	b {1 d	bad
t	t {1 b	tab
4	b E1 4 r=	better
p	p AI1 p	pipe
d	d EI1 t	date
k	k @U1 n	cone
g	g {1 g	gag
m	m {1 n	man
n	n @U1 z	nose
r	r @U1 z	rose
l	l E1 t	let
N	r I1 N	ring
f	f {1 t	fat
v	v @U1 t	vote
s	s {1 t	sat
z	z u1	zoo
S	S I1 n	shin
tS	tS I1 n	chin
Z	m E1 Z r=	measure
dZ	dZ I1 n	gin
D	D I1 s	this
T	T I1 n	thin
w	w EI1 t	wait
j	j A1 t	yacht
h	h I1 t	hit

Table 2. Vowels

Symbol	Transcription	As in:
r=	k O1 r n r=	corner
A	p A1 t	pot
O	T O1 t	thought
I	l I1 t	lit
i	n i1 t	neat
u	z u1	zoo
V	h V1 t	hut
U	p U1 t	put
{	p {1 t	pat
E	n E1 t	net
@	@ l aU1	allow
EI	m EI1 n	main
AI	h AI1	high
OI	b OI1	boy
@U	n @U1 z	nose
aU	p aU1 t	pout

UK English

Table 3. Consonants

Symbol	Transcription	As in:
b	b {1 d	bad
t	s t Q1 p	stop
t	t @ m Q1 r @U	tomorrow
t_h	t_h Q1 p	top
p	s p O:1 t	sport
p	p @ t_h eI1 t @U	potato
p_h	p_h {1 d	pad
d	d eI1 t	date
k	s k O1 n	scone
k	k { m p_h eI1 n	campaign
k_h	k_h @U1 n	cone
g	g {1 g	gag
m	m {1 n	man
n	n @U1 z	nose
r	r @U1 z	rose
l	l e1 t	let
L	{1 d V L t	adult
N	r I1 N	ring
f	f {1 t	fat
v	v @U1 t	vote
s	s {1 t	sat
z	z u:1	zoo
S	S I1 n	shin
tS	tS I1 n	chin
Z	m e1 Z @	measure
dZ	dZ I1 n	gin
D	D I1 s	this
T	T I1 n	thin
w	w eI1 t	wait
j	j Q1 t	yacht
h	h I1 t	hit
hj	e k s hj u:1 m	exhume
hl	hl {1 n d @ f	Llandaff
x	l Q1 x	loch

Table 4. Vowels

Symbol	Transcription	As in:
A:	f A:1 D @	father
O:	f O:1	four
I	b I1 t	bit
i:	n i:1 t	neat
u:	z u:1	zoo
V	h V1 t	hut
U	p_h U1 t	put
{	p_h {1 t	pat
e	n e1 t	net
@	@ l aU1	allow
eI	m eI1 n	main
aI	h aI1	high
OI	b OI1	boy
@U	n @U1 z	nose
aU	p_h aU1 t	pout
3:	f 3:1	fur
Q	d Q1 t	dot
I@	n I@1	near
e@	D e@1	there
U@	S U@1	sure
i	l @U1 k @ l i	locally
u	p_h V1 N k tS u @ L	punctual
A~	r e n eI1 s A~ s	renaissance
E~	v E~1	vin
O~	{1 v i n j O~	avignon
l=	b {1 t l= { k s	battleaxe
L=	b {1 t L=	battle
m=	eI1 T i I z m=	atheism
n=	s V1 d n=	sudden
r=	h I1 s t r= i	history