English Phonemic Representation

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The English Phonemic Representation (abbreviated enPR; sometimes referred to as the AHD system) is a wiktionary-specific system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet as representation of the sounds used in pronouncing spoken English. It approximates the system used by American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

The following tables show the enPR representations of English phonemes:

1 Monophthongal vowels
2 Diphthongs
3 Consonants
4 Other symbols

[edit] Monophthongal vowels

Example	enPR
ease, see	ē
lose, soon, through	o͞o
city, bit	ĭ
put, foot	o͝o
about	ə
enter	ər
bed, bet, end	ĕ
fur, bird	ûr
run, enough, up	ŭ
bad, cat, ran	ă
law, caught, saw	ô
more	ôr
father	ä
arm, bard	är
not	ŏ
French "ami"	ȧ
German "schön"	œ
German "über"	ü

[edit] Diphthongs

Example	enPR
here, near, peer	î
poor	o͝o
bait, play, same	ā
go, hope, know	ō
hair, pear, there	â
boy, noise	oi
my, rise	ī
house, now	ou

[edit] Consonants

Example	enPR
pen, spin, top apple	p
but, able, cab wobble, ebb	b
ton, stab, mat attend, butt ought latter, metal	t
chat, teacher, inch nature	ch
dot, idea, nod fodder, odd ladder, medal	d
joy, ajar gin, agile, age edge procedure	j
cat, locate, bloc kit, bakery, steak queen, aquarium, pique choir, school, ache fickle, tack	k
get, magnet, bag	g
man, animal, him	m
not, ant, pan hidden	n
singer, ring	ng
fan, left, leaf enough phase, graphic, epitaph	f
voice, navel, save of	v
thin, nothing, moth	th
this, father, clothe	th
set, list pass city, ice	s
zoo, quiz fuzz rose xylem	z
she, ash sure ration	sh
vision beige	zh
loch, pesach	kh
ham	h
run, very	r
yes	y
left little	l
which	hw
wet	w
dénouement	n
canyon	ny, ñ