Viv's phonetic symbols
(www.vivquarry.com)
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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/ /Si:p/ |
ER |
Î: |
per /PER/ /pÎ:/ |
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I |
I |
sit /SIT/ /sIt/ |
UH |
« |
ago /UHGOW/ /«g«U/ |
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E |
e |
ten /TEN/ /ten/ |
AY |
eI |
page /PAYDJ/ /peIdZ/ |
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A |
æ |
hat /HAT/ /hæt/ |
OW |
«U |
home /HOWM/ /h«Um/ |
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AR |
A: |
arm /ARM/ /A:m/ |
AI |
aI |
five /FAIV/ /faIv/ |
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O |
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got /GOT/ /gt/ |
AU |
aU |
now /NAU/ /naU/ |
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OR |
: |
saw /SOR/ /s:/ |
OI |
I |
join /DJOIN/ /dZIn/ |
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UW |
U |
put /PUWT/ /pUt/ |
EER |
I« |
near /NEER/ /nI«/ |
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OO |
u: |
too /TOO/ /tu:/ |
AIR |
e« |
hair /HAIR/ /he«/ |
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U |
à |
cup /KUP/ /kÃp/ |
YUR |
U« |
pure /PYUR/ /pU«/ |
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EE |
i |
happy /HAPEE/ /hæpi/ |
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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 /TEE/* |
SH |
S |
she /SHEE/ /Si/ |
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D |
d |
did /DID/* |
ZH |
Z |
vision /VIZHUN/ /viZ«n/ |
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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/ /tSin/ |
N |
n |
no /NOW/* |
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DJ |
dZ |
Judge /DJUDJ/ /dZ«dZ/ |
Ñ |
N |
sing /SIÑ/ /siN/ |
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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/ /jes/ |
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DZ |
D |
then /DZEN/ /Den/ |
W |
w |
wet /WET/* |
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The first word
between slashes ( /***/ ) is an example of Viv's phonetic symbols (in red). On
the line below is the same word in standard phonetic script. However, in some
dictionaries these symbols may be slightly different.
* The consonant sound (in bold) is the same in both Viv's and standard phonetic script, but vowel sounds will usually be written differently in the dictionary.