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shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which
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vowels consonants IPA ASCII examples IPA ASCII examples U ^ cup, luck b b
bad, lab @9 a: arm, father d d did, lady @ cat, black f f f ind, if ? .. away,
cinema g g give, flag d e met, bed h h h ow, hello 29q e:(r) turn, learn j j yes,
yellow H i hit, sitting k k cat, back h9 i: see, heat l l leg, little P o hot, rock m m
man, lemon N9 o: call, four n n n o, ten T u put, could M N sin g, finger t9 u:
blue, food p p pet, map `H ai five, eye r r red, try `T au now, out s s sun, miss
nT/?T Ou go, home R S sh e, crash d?q e..(r) where, air t t t ea, getting dH ei
say, eight sR tS check, church H?q i..(r) near, here S th think, both nH oi boy,
join C TH this, mother T?q u..(r) pure, tourist v v voice, five w w w et, window
z z z oo, lazy Y Z pleasure, vision
cY dZ just, large
special symbols IPA ASCII meaning ! ' ! is placed before the stressed syllable in
a word. For example, the noun contract is pronounced .!jPmsqjs., and the verb
to contract is pronounced .j?m!sqjs.. q (r) .j`9q. means .j`9q. in American
English and .j`9. in British English.
i i(:) .h. means .h. or .H. or something in between. Examples: very .!udqh.,
ability .?!aHkHsh., previous .!oqh9uh?r..
?k -k.?k. shows that the consonant .k. is pronounced as a syllable. This means that
there is a short vowel (shorter than the .?. sound) before the consonant.
Examples: little .!kHs?k., uncle .!UMj?k.. ?m -m- .?m. shows that the consonant
.m. is pronounced as a syllable. Examples: written .!qHs?m., listen .!kHr?m..
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