Oral English

Monophthongs

They have one sound segment and there are two types: Short and long.

Short Vowels

  1. /ɪ/

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  2. /e/

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  3. /æ/

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  4. /ɔ/

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  5. /ʊ/

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  6. /ʌ/

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  7. /ə/

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Long Vowels

  1. /a:/

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  2. /i:/

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  3. /ɜː/

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  4. /u:/

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  5. /ɔ:/

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Diphthongs

Diphthongs are just the combination of two pure vowel sounds to produce a single sound.

  1. /ei/
    It is combination of the /e/ and /i/ sound.
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  2. /əʊ/

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  3. /ai/

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  4. /aʊ/

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  5. /iə/

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  6. /eə/

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  7. /ʊə/

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  8. /Ͻi/

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Consonants

  1. /p/

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  2. /b/

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  3. /t/

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  4. /d/

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  5. /g/

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  6. /k/

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  7. /ŋ/
    An easy way to remember how to pronounce it is thinking of sound as fusion of "n" and "g"
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  8. /m/

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  9. /n/

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  10. /tʃ/

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  11. /f/

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  12. /v/

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  13. /θ/

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  14. /s/

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  15. /z/

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  16. /j/
    Even though it is "j", it is pronounced as "y"
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  17. /w/

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  18. /r/

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  19. /l/

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  20. /h/

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  21. /ʤ/

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  22. /ʃ/

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  23. /ð/

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  24. /ʒ/

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