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Consonants:
| Vowel | Unicode | Examples |
| / θ/ | θ | think |
| /ð/ | ð | then |
| /s/ | s | see |
| /z/ | z | zoo, please |
| /w/ | w | wait, why |
| /j/ | j | young |
| /ŋ / | ŋ | song, rang, bank |
| /ʤ/ | ʤ | just, edge |
| /ʧ/ | ʧ | child |
| / ʒ/ | ʒ | vision, pleasure, measure |
| /ʃ/ | ʃ | ship, sugar |
Vowels:
Short vowels:
We have 7:
| Vowel | Unicode | Examples |
| /ɪ/ | ɪ | bit, sit, fill |
| /e/ | e | bed, less |
| /æ/ | æ | cat, apple, sat |
| /ɒ/ | ɒ | dog, stop |
| /ʊ/ | ʊ | book, put, full, soot |
| /ʌ/ | ʌ | bus, mother, cup, fun, come, fond, wash |
| /ə/ | ə | an, until, condition, above |
Long vowels:
We have 5:
| Vowel | Unicode | Examples |
| /iː/ | iː | see, eat, feel |
| /ɑː/ | ɑː | father, calm |
| /ɔː/ | ɔː | born, talk, saw, law, ball, fall |
| /uː/ | uː | moon, shoes, soup, fool |
| /ɜː/ | ɜː | bird, girl, work, turn, heard |
Two vowels:(diphthongs)
We have 8:
| Vowel | Unicode | Examples |
| /eɪ/ | ɪ | take, rain |
| /aɪ/ | aɪ | fly, fine, light, buy, lie |
| /ɔɪ/ | ɔɪ | coin, boy, voice |
| /əʊ/ | ∓#x0259;ʊ | coat, rose, throw, no, ago |
| /aʊ/ | ʊ | now, house |
| /ɪə/ | ɪə | here, near |
| /ɛə/or /eə/ | ɛə/or /eə | chair, where, care, fair, tare |
| /ʊə/ | ʊə | tourist |
Three vowels:
We have 2:
| Vowel | Unicode | Examples |
| /aʊə / | aʊə | flower, hour |
| /aɪə/ | aɪə | fire, quiet |
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