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Consonants Chart 1

This is half the consonant chart. To hear the sounds before a vowel press on the left side of the symbol; to hear the sounds between two vowels press on the right.

Consonants Chart 2

This is half the consonant chart. To hear the sounds before a vowel press on the left side of the symbol; to hear the sounds between two vowels press on the right.

Clicks

Clicks

Click on symbol to hear the sound.

Vowels

Vowel chart.

To hear the sounds click on a symbol.

Other Symbols

Other symbols

To hear the sounds click on the symbol.

Cardinal Vowels

Cardinal Vowels

Sets of cardinal vowels produced by Daniel Jones in 1956

Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3

Primary Cardinal Vowels | Secondary Cardinal Vowels

Wells, House & Ladefoged Vowels

John Wells, Jill House and Peter Ladefoged

Click on a sound to hear a recording of John Wells, Jill House and Peter Ladefoged

The recordings provided by the kind permission of John Wells.

Credits: Original chart and sound files from the UCLA Phonetics Lab. Interface adapted and enhanced by hromp.com.

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