Pronunciation
Consonants
- b
- like 'b' in bed
- d
- like 'd' in dead
- f
- like 'f' in file
- g
- like 'g' in goat
- h
- like 'h' in happy
- k
- like 'c' in cat
- l
- like 'l' in like
- m
- like 'm' in moan
- n
- like 'n' in none
- p
- like 'p' in pocket
- q
- like 'qu' in queen
- r
- like 'r' in rooster
- s
- like 's' in sister
- t
- like 't' in tooth
- v
- like 'v' in vain
- w
- like 'w' in water
- y
- like 'y' in yell
- z
- like 'z' in zone
Vowels
- a
- like 'a' in apple
- e
- like 'e' in elephant
- i
- like 'ee' in bee
- o
- like 'o' in so
- u
- like 'oe' in shoe
Diphthongs
- ay
- like 'ay' in "say"
- ai
- like 'ay' in "say"
- au
- like 'awe'
- ee
- like 'ee' in "see"
- ei
- like 'ay' in "say"
- ey
- like 'ay' in "say", like 'ee' in "see"
- ie
- like 'ee' in "see"
- oi
- like 'oy' in "boy"
- oo
- like 'oo' in "food", like 'oo' in "good"
- ou
- like 'ow' in "cow", like 'oo' in "food", like 'o' in "cot"
- ow
- like 'ow' in "cow"
- oy
- like 'oy' in "boy"
- ch
- like 'ch' in "touch"
- sh
- like 'sh' in "sheep"
- th
- like 'th' in "this", like 'th' in "those"
- gh
- like 'f' in "fish"
- ph
- like 'f' in "fish"
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