Dr. Thomas King

IPA

INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET

(bright, forward)                                                   (dark, back)

[i] eat                               ]y] du,für                     food [u]

(small)                                                                  (small)

….[e]  été,Seele              [Y] Glück            chose, Sohn [o]

…….[I] it                          [ø] peu, schön          look [U]

…….[ε:]ate, Mädchen       [ə] je, ugh             boat [o]

…….(medium)                                             (medium)

………..[ε] set                                              [ô] Lord

………….[æ] sat

…………….[a] lamb    [œ] seul, Hölle     [ɔ] taught

…………………….[α] father

………………………(large)

Underlined words are French and German examples.