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English sounds

vowels
[i:] 'bee' [i] 'big' [e] 'bed' [æ] 'bad' [a:] 'bard'
[ɔ] 'dog' [ɔ:] 'fork'   [u] 'book' [u:] 'too'
[ə] 'the' [ə:] 'bird' [ʌ] 'sun'    
diphtongs
[ei] 'cake' [ai] 'fly' [ɔi] 'boy' [au] 'mouse' [ou] 'boat'
consonants
[b] 'bed' [k] 'cat' [d] 'done' [f] 'fun' [g] 'gone'
[h] 'hen' [dʒ] 'jam' [l] 'love' [m] 'mouse' [n] 'no'
[p] 'pad' [r] 'rat' [s] 'sun' [t] 'tim' [v] 'van'
[w] 'what' [j] 'yes' [z] 'zen' [ʃ] 'shoe' [tʃ] 'church'
[ð] 'this' [θ] 'thin' [ŋ] 'sing' [ʒ] 'vision'  

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