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44 Phonemes

This document lists 44 phonemes of British Received Pronunciation organized into consonant and vowel phonemes. It provides sample words to demonstrate each phoneme. The phonemes represent the smallest units of sound in spoken English that distinguish one word from another.

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44 Phonemes

This document lists 44 phonemes of British Received Pronunciation organized into consonant and vowel phonemes. It provides sample words to demonstrate each phoneme. The phonemes represent the smallest units of sound in spoken English that distinguish one word from another.

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44 Phonemes ~ British Received Pronunciation

Consonant Sample Vowel Sample


Phonemes Words Phonemes Words
/b/ bat /a/ ant
/k/ cat /e/ egg
/d/ dog /i/ in
/f/ fan /o/ on
/g/ go /u/ up
/h/ hen /ai/ rain
/j/ jet /ee/ feet
/l/ leg /igh/ night
/m/ map /oa/ boat
/n/ net /oo/ boot
/p/ pen /oo/ look
/r/ rat /ow/ cow
/s/ sun /oi/ coin
/t/ tap /ar/ farm
/v/ van /or/ for
/w/ wig /ur/ hurt
/y/ yes /air/ fair
/z/ zip /ear/ dear
/sh/ shop /ure/2 sure
/ch/ chip // corner
(the schwa an
/th/ thin unstressed vowel sound
which is close to /u/)
/th/ then
/ng/ ring
/zh/1 vision

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This phoneme does not occur in all accents. It
occurs only if people pronounce words such as sure
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The grapheme zh does not occur in English and poor with an /ooer/ vowel sound, not if they
words. Because this sound does not occur in simple pronounce them as shaw and paw. It, too, can be
CVC words, it can be omitted in Phase Three. omitted in Phase 3, and perhaps even permanently.

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