| Consonants
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| IPA |
examples
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| (ʔ)
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In vowel initial words such as Abend; Before a syllabic nasal such as wenden, schenken, Lampen
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| b
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Bier, haben
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| b̥~p
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Textbuch
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| p̚
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Stab, knapp
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| ç
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ich, lustig
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| d
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Dach, Leder
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| d̥~t
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Ausdruck
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| t̚
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Tod, Wort
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| d͡ʒ
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Jeans
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| f
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Fahne, positiv
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| ɡ
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gestern, Magen
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| ɡ̥~t
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Ausgang
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| h
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hoch, heiß
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| ɦ~h
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beherrschen
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| j
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ja, Junge
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| k; kʰ
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Sklaverei; Kuchen
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| l
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Lampe, gelingen, Ziel
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| m
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mein, schmieren, Stamm
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| ɱ
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Hanf, Symphonie
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| n
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nah, kann
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| ŋ
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sang, danken, Finger
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| p; pʰ
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Spaß, spannend; putzen, Tempo
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| ʀ~ʁ
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Regen, Traum, wehren
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| s
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fies, nass, Maß , Angst
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| ʃ
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Schere, spät, sterben
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| t; tʰ
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Stimme, stoppen ; tief, Tat
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| ts
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zehn, ganz, Netz
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| t͡ʃ(ʰ)
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deutsch, tschechisch
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| v
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Wasser, ewig, Violett
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| w
|
Whiskey
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| x~χ
|
Loch, Wacht
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| z
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sieben, Hase, Linse
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| ʒ
|
beige, Journal
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| Vowels
|
| IPA |
short |
IPA |
long
|
| a
|
trap, pad, laugh
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ɑː
|
palm, father, start, can't
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| ɛ
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dress, bed, fell, error, merry, again
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| ɪ
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kill, lid, bin, system
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iː
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flea, seed, receive, achieve, encyclopædia, fœtus, Jesus
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| ɒ
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robot, pod, cough
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ɔː
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thought, dawn, fall, corn
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| ʊ
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good, mud, woman, young
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u̟ː; ju̟ː
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food, chew, do, through; cute, queue, you, neutral
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| ə
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comma, assume, letter
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ɜː
|
bird, furry, word
|
| IPA |
diphthongs |
IPA |
triphthongs
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| aɪ̯
|
ride, pile, I, dye, buy
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aɪ̯ə
|
hire, Ireland, choir, buyer
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| aʊ̯
|
cow, loud, bough
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aʊ̯ə
|
hour, shower, dour
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| ɛə̯
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air, care, bear, mayor, where, fare
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| eɪ̯
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bay, name, pain, weight
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eɪ̯ə
|
betrayal, Malayan
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| ɪə̯
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beer, fear, serious, fierce, beard, here
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| ɔɪ̯
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choice, toy, coin
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ɔɪ̯ə
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employer, lawyer, destroyer
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| əʊ̯
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bone, go, goat, blow
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əʊ̯ə
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mower, boa, Noah
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| Syllabic consonants
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| l̩
|
awful, waffle, offal, squabble
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| m̩
|
rhythm, atom
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| n̩
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button, even, Britain, often
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| ŋ̍
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button, even, Britain, often
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