Deze tabel geeft een overzicht van de klankinventaris van het Engels in IPA-notatie.
| IPA
|
Voorbeeld
|
| [p]
|
program, stop
|
| [b]
|
bread,
|
| [t]
|
train
|
| [d]
|
dry, bed
|
| [k]
|
come, king, quick
|
| [g]
|
goal, leg
|
| [f]
|
fish, alphabet, tough
|
| [v]
|
volunteer
|
| [s]
|
sport, press, face
|
| [z]
|
zoom, lazy
|
| [ʃ]
|
shop
|
| [θ]
|
thin
|
| [ð]
|
this
|
| [t͡ʃ]
|
chat, speech
|
| [d͡ʒ]
|
giant, join
|
| [n]
|
new
|
| [m]
|
mouse
|
| [ŋ]
|
thing
|
| [h]
|
high
|
| [w]
|
wait, quiz
|
| [ɹ]
|
red
|
| [j]
|
yesterday,
|
| [ks]
|
extended, accident
|
|
| IPA
|
Voorbeeld
|
| [ɑ]
|
alphabet, tough
|
| [ɑɪ]
|
sky, eye, pie
|
| [ɒ], [ɔ]
|
stop, all, Austin
|
| [æ]
|
pallet, fair
|
| [ɛ], [ɜ]
|
well, exit
|
| [ə]
|
nerd, learn
|
| [eɪ]
|
phase, they, day, weight, straight
|
| [ɪ]
|
litter
|
| [i]
|
jeep, key, be,
|
| [oʊ], [eʊ]¹
|
open, dough
|
| [ɔɪ]
|
join, destroy
|
| [u], [ɯ]
|
book,
|
| [ju]
|
you, hue, queue, unit
|
| [ʌ]
|
us, stuff
|
| [ɑʊ]
|
out, mouse
|
| [iʊ]
|
new
|
|
¹ In Brits Engels