Variety English (Indo-European)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar
Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal
Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal
Glottal
Nasal m n  ŋ
Stop p b t d k g
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative f v θ ð h
Approximant l ɹ  j
Flap or tap
Trill r
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open long unrounded close front vowel long rounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɜːlong unrounded open-mid central vowel ʌunrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel ɒrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

        
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɔɪ from rounded open-mid back to unrounded near-close near-front diphthong
 aʊ from unrounded open front to rounded near-close near-back diphthong
 eɪ from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded near-close near-front diphthong
 aɪ from unrounded open front to unrounded near-close near-front diphthong
 əʊ from unrounded mid central to rounded near-close near-back diphthong
 ɛə from unrounded open-mid front to unrounded mid central diphthong
 ɪə from unrounded near-close near-front to unrounded mid central diphthong
 ʊə from rounded near-close near-back to unrounded mid central diphthong