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English (RP)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Germanic

Lat/lon: 51.5286416, -0.1015987

ISO code: eng

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, btʰ, dkʰ, g
fricativef, vθ, ðs, zʃ, ʒh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmnŋ
approximantwɹj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪʊ
close-mide
midə
open-midʌ
near-openæ
openɒ

Long series

frontcentralback
close
open-midɜːɔː
openɑː

Diphthongs

/eɪ/, /aɪ/, /əʊ/, /aʊ/, /ɔɪ/, /ɪə/, /eə/, /ʊə/

Source: Jones, Daniel. 2003. English Pronouncing Dictionary. 16th edition, ed. by Peter Roach, James Hartman and Jane Setter. Cambridge University Press.

Comments: The consonants /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ɹ/ are usually accompanied by lip-rounding.

Contributed by: Anton Kukhto (kukhto@mit.edu)