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English (Australian) symbols

English (Australian) symbols

The service supports the following symbols for Australian (AU) English.

Regular vowels

Table 1. Regular vowels (AU English)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
a a

ɑ

ɑː

ɐ

0061

0061+02D0

0251

0251+02D0

0250

path, father, chant
A æ 00E6 back, had
e e

0065

0065+026A

cake, pain
E ɛ 025B hedge, let
i 0069+02D0 see, speak, believe
I ɪ 026A pick, ill
o o

əʊ

006F

006F+028A

0259+028A

both, oak
c ɔ

ɔː

0254

0254+02D0

law, court, hall, water
@ ɒ 0252 rod, cough
u u

0075

0075+02D0

zoo, truth
U ʊ 028A took, put
H ʌ 028C but, mug, son
R ɜ

ɜː

ɚ

ɝ

025C

025C+02D0

025A

025D

butter, hurt

Diphthongs

Table 2. Diphthongs (AU English)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
O ɔɪ 0254+026A toil, boy
W 0061+028A out, cow
Y 0061+026A life, fine
Ex

æɪ

0065+026A

00E6+026A

square, bared
Ix ɪə 026A+0259 near, here
Ux ʊə 028A+0259 tour, lured

Reduced vowels

Table 3. Reduced vowels (AU English)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
x ə 0259 sofa, alone, suppose, America
X i

ɨ

0069

0268

roses, hinted

Consonants

Table 4. Consonants (AU English)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
b b 0062 bad, sob
C

ʧ

0074+0283

02A7

chip, witch, nature
d d 0064 dip, had
D ð 00F0 this, breathe
f f 0066 field, if, graph
g g

ɡ

0067

0261

good, bug
G ŋ 014B sing, finger
h h

x

χ

ɦ

0068

0078

03C7

0266

hot, hero
J

ʤ

0064+0292

02A4

Jane, huge
k k 006B kill, make, back
l l 006C low, hall
L 006C+0329 candle
m m 006D man, hum, summer
n n 006E never, sun, winner
p p 0070 pit, rip
r r

ɹ

ɾ

0072

0279

027E

borrow, rake
s s 0073 seal, miss, ceiling
S ʃ 0283 ship, wish
t t 0074 tip, pet
T θ 03B8 thing, Beth
v v 0076 vase, save
w w 0077 wear, quick
y j 006A yes, Virginia
z z 007A zip, phase
Z ʒ 0292 treasure, garage