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==Vowels==

! colspan="4"| [[R-colored vowel]]s<ref> In [[Rhotic and non-rhotic accents|non-rhotic accent]]s such as RP, {{IPA|/r/}} not pronounced unless followed by a vowel. In Wikipedia articles, {{IPA|/ɪər/}} ''etc.'' are not always distinguished from {{IPA|/ɪr/}} ''etc.'' When they are, the long vowels may be transcribed {{IPA|/iːr/}} ''etc.'' by analogy with vowels not followed by {{IPA|/r/}}.</ref>

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! colspan="4"| Traditional [[monophthong]]s

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! colspan="4"| [[R-colored vowel]]s<ref> In [[Rhotic and non-rhotic accents|non-rhotic accent]]s such as RP, {{IPA|/r/}} not pronounced unless followed by a vowel. In Wikipedia articles, {{IPA|/ɪər/}} ''etc.'' are not always distinguished from {{IPA|/ɪr/}} ''etc.'' When they are, the long vowels may be transcribed {{IPA|/iːr/}} ''etc.'' by analogy with vowels not followed by {{IPA|/r/}}.</ref>

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! [[WP:IPA for English|WP]] !! [[OED]]2 !! OED3 !! [[SOED]] !! [[Kenyon and Knott|K&K]] !! [http://dictionary.com dict]

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|<big>{{IPA|æ}}</big>||æ||a||

|<big>{{IPA|ær}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|ɑːaɪ}}</big>|| ||ʌɪ ||

|<big>{{IPA|ɑr}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|ɒær}}</big>|| || ||

|<big>{{IPA|ɒr}}</big>

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| <big> {{IPA|ɔːaʊ}}</big>|| ||aʊ ||

|<big>{{IPA|ɔr}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|oʊɑː}}</big>|| ||ɑː ||

|<big> {{IPA|ɔər}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|ʊɑr}}</big>|| ||ɑː ||

|rowspan="2" |<big> {{IPA|ʊər}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|uːɒ}}</big>|| ||ɒ ||

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| rowspan="2" |<big>{{IPA|ʌɒr}}</big>|| || ||

|<big>{{IPA|ʌr}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|ɜrɔː}}</big>|| ||ɔː ||

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| <big>{{IPA|ɛɔɪ}}</big>|| ||ɔɪ ||

|<big> {{IPA|ɛr}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|eɪɔr}}</big>|| ||ɔː ||

|<big>{{IPA|ɛər}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|ɪoʊ}}</big>|| ||əʊ ||

|<big>{{IPA|ɪr}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|iːɔər}}</big>|| ||ɔː ||

| <big>{{IPA|ɪər}}

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|<big>{{IPA|ɒrʊ}}</big>|| ||ʊ ||

! colspan="4" | Traditional [[diphthong]]s

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|<big>{{IPA|aɪʊər}}</big>|| ||ʊə ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ɔɪ}}</big>

|<big>{{IPA|ɪruː}}</big>|| ||uː ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ɔrʌ}}</big>|| ||ʌ ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ʌr}}</big>|| ||ʌr ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ɜr}}</big>|| ||əː ||

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|<big> {{IPA|ɔərɛ}}</big>|| || ɛ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ærɛr}}</big>|| || ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ɔɪeɪ}}</big>|| ||eɪ ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ɛər}}</big>|| ||ɛː ||

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|<big> {{IPA|ɛrɪ}}</big>|| ||ɪ ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ɑrɪr}}</big>|| || ||

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|<big>{{IPA|aʊiː}}</big>|| ||iː ||

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| <big>{{IPA|ɪər}}</big>|| ||ɪə ||

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|<big>{{IPA|aʊ}}</big>

|<big>{{IPA|juː}}</big><ref>In many dialects, {{IPA|/juː/}} is pronounced the same as {{IPA|/uː/}} after "[[coronal consonant|tongue sounds]]" ({{IPA|/t/}}, {{IPA|/d/}}, {{IPA|/s/}}, {{IPA|/z/}}, {{IPA|/n/}}, {{IPA|/θ/}}, and {{IPA|/l/}}) in the same syllable, so that ''dew'' {{IPA|/djuː/}} is pronounced the same as ''do'' {{IPA|/duː/}}.</ref>

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! colspan="4" | [[Vowel reduction in English|Reduced vowels]]

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|<big>{{IPA|ə}}</big>|| ||ə ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ən}}</big>|| ||n̩ ||

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|rowspan="2" |<big> {{IPA|ʊəri}}</big>|| ||i ||

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|<big>{{IPA|əm}}</big>|| ||m̩ ||

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|<big>{{IPA|ɨ}}</big> || {{IPA|<s>ɪ</s>}} ||{{IPA|<s>ɪ</s>}} ||

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| <big>{{IPA|iəl}}</big>|| ||l̩ ||

|<big>{{IPA|əm}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|ɨ<s>ʊ</s>}}</big>,|| <big>||{{IPA|<s>ɪʊ</s>}}</big> ||

|<big>{{IPA|əl}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|<s>ʊ</s>ər}}</big>|| ||ə ||

|<big>{{IPA|ər}}</big>

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|<big>{{IPA|ɵ}}</big>|| ||ə(ʊ) ||

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