The pronunciation of 48 International Phonetic Alphabets

The International Phonetic Alphabet of English has a total of forty-eight, including twenty-eight single and double vowels, and twenty-eight clear and voiced consonants. There are 28 consonants classified according to their pronunciation characteristics: one-tongue, two-semitone, three-nasal, six-blast, six-break fricative, and ten fricatives.

1. Vowel part

1. Single vowel: [i:], [i], [?:], [?], [u:], [u] , [?:], [?], [ɑ:], [?], [e], [?].

2. Diphthongs: [ei], [ai], [?i], [?], [u?], [i?], [au], [?u].

Note that single vowels can also be divided into:

1. Long vowels: /ɑ:/, /?:/, /u:/, /i:/, / ?:/.

2. Short vowels: /?/, /?/, /?/, /?/, /u/, /e/, /?/.

2. Consonants

[p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g], [f], [v], [s], [z], [θ], [?], [tr], [dr], [ts], [dz], [m], [n], [?], [h], [l ], [r], [j], [w].

Voiceless consonants are phonetic symbols that do not vibrate the vocal cords: [p], [t], [k], [f], [s], [θ], [tr], [ts], [h] ].

Voiceed consonants are phonetic symbols that can cause vocal cords to vibrate. Except for voiceless consonants, the rest are voiced consonants.

These 48 English phonetic symbols are like the 60 Chinese Pinyin. As long as you master them proficiently, they will play a great role in learning spoken English well.

Introduction to suprasegmental phonemes and phonetic notation of the International Phonetic Alphabet:

1. Suprasegmental phonemes

Some speech sounds cannot be separated separately as independent The components of segments are called suprasegmental components. Suprasegmental components include intonation, stress, and rhythm. The suprasegmental phonemes of English involved here mainly refer to primary stress and secondary stress.

2. Phonetic notation

The separators and brackets next to the International Phonetic Alphabet are not part of the phonetic notation. They are used by language experts to distinguish between the two main phonetic notation methods: phonemic phonetic notation and phonetic notation. Phonetic notation. When using phonetic notation, users use separators to record the phonemes spoken by the speaker. For example, the phonetic notation of pit in English is /p?t/.