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Flashcards in IPA Vowels Deck (14)
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1
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[i]

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‘E’ (beat), tense high front unrounded vowel

2
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[ɪ]

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‘ih’ (bit), lax high front unrounded vowel

3
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[ej]

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‘A’ (bait), tense mid front unrounded vowel

4
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[ɛ]

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‘eh’ (bet), lax mid front unrounded vowel

5
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[æ]

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‘ah’ (bat), lax low front unrounded vowel

6
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[ə]

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‘er’ (bird) lax mid central unrounded vowel (unstressed in English); “schwa”

7
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[ʌ]

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‘uh’ (but) mid central unrounded vowel; stressed in English

8
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[aj]

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‘I’ (bide), tense unrounded low central vowel

9
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[aw]

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‘ow’ (bowed), tense unrounded low central vowel

10
Q

[ɑ]

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‘aw’ (bought), tense low back unrounded vowel

11
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[u]

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‘oo’ (boot), tense high back rounded vowel

12
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[ʊ]

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‘ooh’ (book), lax high back rounded vowel

13
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[ow]

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‘O’ (boat), tense mid back rounded vowel

14
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[oj]

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‘o’ (boy), lax mid back rounded vowel. Sometimes seen as [əj]