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! [[WP:IPA for English|WP]] !! [[OED]]2 !! [[SOED]] !! OED3<br>(UK) !! OED3<br>(US) !! [[SOED]] !! [[Kenyon and Knott|K&K]] !! [http://dictionary.com dict]!![[Canadian Oxford Dictionary|COD]]!![[Macquarie Dictionary|Mac]]
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|<big>{{IPA|æ}}</big>||æ||a ||æa||æ
| || æ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ær}}</big>||ær || ||ɛr ||ɛr
| || ær || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|aɪ}}</big>||aɪ ||ʌɪ || ʌɪ ||
| || aɪ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|aɪr<br>aɪ.ər}}</big>||aɪər, aɪə(r) || || ||
| || aɪ<sup>ə</sup>raɪᵊr<br>aɪ.ər || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|aʊ}}</big>||aʊ ||aʊ ||aʊ ||
| || aʊ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|aʊr<br>aʊ.ər}}</big>||aʊər, aʊə(r) || || ||
| || aʊ<sup>ə</sup>raʊər || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɑː}}</big>||ɑː ||ɑːɑ ||ɑ ɑː ||ɑ
| || ɑ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɑr}}</big>||ɑː, ɑː(r) ||ɑːɑr{{cn}} ||ɑr ɑː ||ɑr
| || ɑr || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɒ}}</big>||ɒ ||ɒ ||ɑɒ ||ɑ
| || ɒ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɒr}}</big>||ɒr || ||ɔr ||ɔr
| || ɔr, ɒr || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|eɪ}}</big>||eɪ ||eɪ ||eɪ ||
| || eɪ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɛ}}</big>||ɛ || ɛ ||ɛ ||ɛ
| ||ɛ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɛr}}</big>||ɛr || ||ɛr ||ɛr
| || ɛr || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɛər}}</big>||ɛə, ɛə(r) || ||ɛː ||ɛ(ə)r ||
| || ɛər || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɜr}}</big>||ɜː, ɜː(r) ||əː ||ərəː ||ər
| || ɜr || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|iː}}</big>||iː ||i ||i ||i
| || i || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɪ}}</big>||ɪ ||ɪ ||ɪ ||ɪ
| || ɪ || ||
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| || ɪr || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɪər}}</big>||ɪə, ɪə(r) ||ɪə ||ɪə ||ɪ(ə)r ||
| || ɪər || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|oʊ}}</big>||əʊ ||əʊ ||əʊ ||
| || oʊ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɔː}}</big>||ɔː ||ɔː ||ɔɔː ||ɔ
| || ɔ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɔr}}</big>||ɔː, ɔː(r) ||ɔː ||ɔrɔː ||ɔr
| || ɔr || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɔər}}</big>||ɔə, ɔə(r) || ||ɔː ||ɔ(ə)r ||
| || ɔr, oʊr || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɔɪ}}</big>||ɔɪ ||ɔɪ ||ɔɪ ||ɔɪ
| || ɔɪ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|uː}}</big>||uː ||uː ||u ||u
| || u || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ʊ}}</big>||ʊ ||ʊʊə{{cn}} ||ʊ ||ʊ
| || ʊ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ʊər}}</big>||ʊə, ʊə(r) ||ʊ(ə)r{{cn}} ||ʊə ||ʊ(ə)r ||
| || ʊər || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ʌ}}</big>||ʌ ||ʌ ||əʌ ||ə
| || ʌ || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ʌr}}</big>||ʌr ||ʌr ||ʌr ||
| || ɜr, ʌr || ||
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|<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>
|juː ||juː || ||
| || yu || ||
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! colspan="9" | [[Vowel reduction in English|Reduced vowels]]
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|<big>{{IPA|ə}}</big>||ə ||ə ||ə ||ə
| || ə || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ən}}</big>||(ə)n || ||ən ||ən
| || n || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|əm}}</big>||(ə)m || ||əm ||əm
| || m || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|əl}}</big>||(ə)l || ||əl ||əl
| || l || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ər}}</big>||ə, ə(r) ||əəː{{cn}} ||ərə ||ər
| || {{IPA bold dark red|ər}} || ||
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| <big>{{IPA|i}}</big>||ɪ ||i ||i ||i
| || {{IPA bold dark red|i}} || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɨ}}</big> || ɪ || ||{{IPA|<s>ɪ</s>}} ||ə ||
| || {{IPA bold dark red|ə}} || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|ɵ}}</big>||ə(ʊ) || || ||
| || {{IPA bold dark red|}} || ||
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|<big>{{IPA|<s>ʊ</s>}}</big>||ʊ || ||{{IPA|<s>ʊ</s>}} || ||
| || {{IPA bold dark red|ə}}|| ||
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! [[WP:IPA for English|WP]] !! [[OED]]2 !! [[SOED]] !! OED3<br>(UK) !! OED3<br>(US) !! [[SOED]] !! [[Kenyon and Knott|K&K]] !! [http://dictionary.com dict]!![[Canadian Oxford Dictionary|COD]]!![[Macquarie Dictionary|Mac]]
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