Viv's phonetic
symbols
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Vowel sounds |
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Viv's symbol |
Dictionary symbol |
Example word |
Viv's symbol |
Dictionary symbol |
Example word |
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eee |
i: |
sheep /sheeep/ |
er |
Î: |
per /per/ |
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i |
i |
sit /sit/ |
uh |
« |
ago /uhgow/ |
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e |
e |
ten /ten/ |
ay |
ei |
page /paydj/ |
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a |
æ |
hat /hat/ |
ow |
«U |
home /howm/ |
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ar |
a: |
arm /arm/ |
ai |
ai |
five /faiv/ |
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o |
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got /got/ |
au |
aU |
now /nau/ |
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or |
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saw /sor/ |
oi |
i |
join /djoin/ |
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uw |
U |
put /puwt/ |
eer |
i« |
near /neer/ |
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oo |
u: |
too /too/ |
air |
e« |
hair /hair/ |
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u |
à |
cup /kup/ |
yur |
U« |
pure /pyur/ |
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ee |
i |
happy /hapee/ |
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Consonant sounds |
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p |
p |
pen /pen/ |
s |
s |
so /sow/ |
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b |
b |
bad /bad/ |
z |
z |
zoo /zoo/ |
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t |
t |
tea /teee/ |
sh |
S |
she /shee/ |
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d |
d |
did /did/ |
zh |
Z |
vision /vizhun/ |
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k |
k |
cat /kat/ |
h |
h |
how /hau/ |
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g |
g |
got /got/ |
m |
m |
man /man/ |
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tch |
tS |
chin /tchin/ |
n |
n |
no /now/ |
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dj |
dZ |
Judge /djudj/ |
ñ |
N |
sing /siñ/ |
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f |
f |
fall /forl/ |
l |
l |
leg /leg/ |
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v |
v |
voice /vois/ |
r |
r |
red /red/ |
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θ |
θ |
thin /θin/ |
y |
j |
yes /yes/ |
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dz |
D |
then /dzen/ |
w |
w |
wet /wet/ |
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The words in phonetic script after the example words use Viv's phonetic symbols. Look them up in the dictionary to see how they look in standard phonetic script.