American English Vowel Diagram
Click a vowel to hear the sound.
/i/
eat
/u/
who
/ɪ/
it
/ʊ/
look
/e/
ate
/ə/
the
/o/
open
/ɛ/
said
/ʌ/
cut
/ɔ/
ought
/æ/
at
/ɑ/
father
Front
Central
Back
Close
Mid
Open
American English Diphthongs
Click a diphthong to hear the sound and to see the movement.
/eɪ/
day
/aɪ/
my
/ɔɪ/
boy
/oʊ/
go
/aʊ/
now
American English Consonant Chart
Click a consonant to hear the sound.
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops | /p/ pat /b/ bat | /t/ ten /d/ den | /k/ cat /g/ go | /ʔ/ uh-oh | ||||
| Affricates | /tʃ/ chip /dʒ/ jam | |||||||
| Fricatives | /f/ fan /v/ van | /θ/ thin /ð/ then | /s/ sip /z/ zip | /ʃ/ she /ʒ/ vision | /h/ hat | |||
| Nasals | /m/ man | /n/ no | /ŋ/ sing | |||||
| Approximants | /ɹ/ red /l/ lip | |||||||
| Glides | /j/ yes | /w/ we |