A phonetic system for American English

an dhis peij iz prizentid fnedik sistm v riformd speliq fr merikn iqglish.

teibl v dh simblz v dh sistm iz faloud bai thrii spesimin teksts.


Consonant symbols

b[b]big, baby, mob
c[tS]chip, church, pitch
d[d/]did, pinned, butter
dh[]the, then, with
f[f]five, photo, tough
g[g]good, giggle, big
h[h]hit, have, behold
j[dZ]job, ginger, bridge
k[k]kill, kick, cat
l[l]live, lolly, pool
m[m]mad, mammoth, him
n[n]nod, pain, reign
q[]sing, bringing, finger
p[p]pit, pepper, shepherd
r[r]rim, bury, hearing
s[s]sip, missing, cross
sh[S]ship, machine, motion
t[t]tip, trip, heat
th[]thin, wrath, pithy
v[v]very, live, vivid
w[w]win, water, bewitch
hw[hw]what, which, white
y[j]young, yes, beyond
z[z]zebra, rose, dizzy
zh[Z]pleasure, vision, rouge

Vowel symbols

ä[æ]man, scatter, bath
a[a]palm, lot, stop
ei[ei]aim, lane, reign
ar[ar]arm, lark, start
er[er]chair, pear, fare
e[e]bed, head, said
ii[i]seed, meal, believe
ir[ir]beer, fear, here
ai[ai]height, light, sky
i[i]bit, reform, luggage
o[o]cloth, thought, strong
ou[o(u)]boat, soul, though
oi[oi]boil, toy, employed
uu[u]soon, truth, shoe
or[or]north, storm, warmth
or[o(u)r]force, more, roar
au[au]sound, clown, plough
ü[]cut, other, blood
u[u]put, could, hood
r[r]burn, stir, hurry
ur[ur]moor, tour, cure
[]father, bottom, tenant


Samples

1.

dispyuut wüns rouz bitwiin dh wind nd dh sün, hwic wz dh stroqgr v dh tuu, nd dhei griid t put dh point an dhis ishuu, dht hwicevr suunist meid trävlr teik of hiz klouk, shud bi kauntid dh mor paurful. dh wind bigän nd bluu widh ol hiz maid nd mein bläst, kould nd firs z threishn storm; bt dh stroqgr hii bluu dh klousr dh trävlr räpt hiz klouk raund him, nd dh taitr hii gräspt it widh hiz händz. dhen brouk aut dh sün: widh hiz welkm biimz hii disprst dh veipr nd dh kould; dh trävlr felt dh jiinyl wormth, nd z dh sün shoun braitr nd braitr, hii sät daun, ouvrküm widh dh hiit, nd käst hiz klouk an dh graund.

2.

it pirz dht dher ar in iqglnd nd weilz, in raund nümbrz, faiv milyn cildrn v dh leibriq papyuleishn, huu mei bi ikspektid tu tend püblik elimendri skuulz. wii mei estimeit dht baut häf milyn cildrn änyuli päs dh limit v dh skuul eij nd endr an laif v leibr. dh haiist ständrd fikst in dhiiz skuulz, dh siksth ständrd, rikwairz dh pyuupl t riid short päsij frm buk or nyuuzpeipr, nd t rait short thiim widh krekt speliq - nat veri hai rikwairmnt srtnli. hau meni cildrn riict dhis ständrd? ounli twendi thauznd; hwail dh nümbr v tiicrz, inkluudiq pyuupltiicrz, imploid iz baut fifti thauznd; dhät iz, tuu pyuuplz pr änm fr evri faiv tiicrz! ounli baut wün hündrd thauznd cildrn änyuli evr get biyand dh thrd ständrd, hwic miinz dh riidiq v n iizi storibuk, nd raitiq short päsij frm dh seim widh krekt speliq.

3.

süm piipl mei äsk hwai saintifik wrkr shud divout empti aurz v fair-waciq in äbrdiin tu täsk hwic prfeshnl liqgwists mait mor praprli ündrteik. dher iz wün sfishnt änsr t dhis kwescn. jüst bikaz dhei ar prfeshnl liqgwists,
prfeshnl liqgwists ar äpt tu ündreit dh liqgwistik bilidiz v ordnri piipl, nd hens tu ündreit dh soushl impordns v dh läqgwij ishuu viiz-a-vii wrld piis nd wrld-waid hyuumn kouapreishn. bikaz näcrl sains iz dhi ounli igzistiq form v hyuumn kouapreishn an pläniteri skeil, men v sains, huu häv t trn t jrnlz püblisht in meni läqgwijiz fr nesseri infrmeishn, ar kyuutli wer dht dh beibl v tüqz iz soushl prablm v dh frst mägnituud. men v sains, mor dhn üdhrz, häv t dher fiqgr-tips n indrnäshnl voukäbyuleri hwic iz olredi in igzistns; nd baialjist huu luks forwrd tu helth-kanshs fyuucr känat feil t rekgnaiz hau papyulraizeishn v nuu helth ständrdz iz deili ädiq t dh stak-in-treid v indrnäshnli krnt wrdz in deili yuus.


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