Pronunciation of English phonetic symbols

Only the common types of English phonetic alphabet systems are mentioned:

1. IPA

IPA (The International Phonetic TiO

alphabet) is a phoneme pronunciation symbol system formulated by linguists of the International Phonetic Association in 1888, which is a set of international phonetic symbols. This set of symbols includes the definition of English phonetic symbols, because English is the most widely used language, so the pressure phonetic symbols often refer to English phonetic symbols.

2. British phonetic alphabet (DJ phonetic alphabet)

DJ phonetic alphabet is related to English linguist Daniel Jones, who compiled an English Pronouncing Dictionary of British English according to IPA pronunciation system. Later, the phonetic symbols used in this dictionary are called d.j. phonetic symbols. There are 48 symbols of DJ phonetic symbols, including 28 consonants and 2 vowels.

3. American phonetic alphabet (KK phonetic alphabet)

KK phonetic alphabet (by Kenyon &; Knott Phonetic Symbols), a Pronouncing Dictionary of American English (1956) written by the author, all the symbols used are from the aforementioned IPA, and Kenyon &; Knott only cut out the symbols suitable for American English, and added the unique children's sound of American English to become the KK phonetic symbol of American English. This is the most commonly used and authoritative phonetic notation. From then on, people used to call the standard pronunciation of American English KK phonetic symbol. There are 44 KK phonetic symbols * * *, including 24 consonants; There are 2 vowels.

4. Other phonetic symbols

There are many English dictionaries, such as Oxford phonetic symbols used by native English students, Webster phonetic symbols used by American students, concise phonetic symbols for promoting fluid production, and simple phonetic symbols.

What kind of English phonetic symbols to learn:

There are basically 48 DJ phonetic symbols in primary and secondary schools in China, but many media teaching and learning materials are American English. In China, generally speaking, learning English phonetic symbols on a zero basis is to learn the international phonetic symbols represented by British phonetic symbols first, and it is also very easy to learn American phonetic symbols after learning these 48 phonetic symbols.