PHONETIC SYMBOLS
Reading edition
' stands before the stressed syllable. · indicates length of the preceding sound.
[a·] as in alms. [ai] as in ice. [au] as in house. [æ] as in hat. [ei] as in hate. [ɛ] as in care; Fr. tel. [ə] indistinct vowels. [i] as in fill; Fr. qui. [i·] as in feel; Fr. fille. [o] as in Fr. seau. [ou] as in so. [ɔ] open o-sounds. [u] as in full; Fr. fou. [u·] as in foorl; Fr. épouse. [y] as in Fr. vu. [ʌ] as in cut. [ø] as in Fr. feu. [œ] as in Fr. sœur. [~] French nasalization. [c] as in G. ich. [x] as in G., Sc. loch. [ð] as in this. [j] as in you. [þ] as in thick. [ʃ] as in she. [ʒ] as in measure. [’] in Russian palatalization, in Danish glottal stop.