American IPA chart with sounds and examples

All the sounds of American English (General American) with: consonants, simple vowels and diphthongs. The chart is interactive, click on the symbols and illustrations!

The use of animals for consonants, and colors for vowels, makes this English phonemic chart easy to remember.

Interactive American IPA chart [you need a recent browser to see the interactive version of the chart]
American IPA chart

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