Note: a bold acute accent mark (´) following a syllable in transcriptions indicates primary stress on that syllable; a nonbold acute accent mark (´) following a syllable indicates secondary stress on it. A tilde (~) over a vowel indicates nasality of that vowel.
symbol: as in:
a apple, hat
ā say, page
â hair, bare
ä father, start
b book, ribbon
ch chair, reach
d dog, paddle
ð that, brother
e bed, second
ē tea, party
ә along, butter
ә ti()re, sou()r
f food, tough
g get, bigger
h here, behave
hw why, everywhere
i sit, public
ī light, reply
j job, magic
k kind, bacon
l lot, pillow
m man, hammer
n new, dinner
ng thing, singer
o pot, bottle
ō open, low
ô organ, law
oi point, boy
ou down, out
p put, rapid
r red, marry
s sell, muscle
sh shell, pushing
t take, better
th think, author
u under, bus
ŭ look, put
ū food, who
û urban, turn
v value, movie
w way, aware
y yet, million
z zip, easy