en-GB-SPRs.md

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British English symbols

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The following sections describe the valid symbols for British English.

Regular vowels

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Table 1. Regular vowels (British English)

British English SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
a	a aː ɑ ɑː ɐ	0061 0061+02D0 0251 0251+02D0 0250	path, father, chant
A	æ	00E6	back, had
e	e eɪ	0065 0065+026A	cake, pain
E	ɛ	025B	hedge, let
i	iː	0069+02D0	see, speak, believe
I	ɪ	026A	pick, ill
o	o oʊ əʊ	006F 006F+028A 0259+028A	both, oak
c	ɔ ɔː	0254 0254+02D0	law, court, hall, water
@	ɒ	0252	rod, cough
u	u uː	0075 0075+02D0	zoo, truth
U	ʊ	028A	took, put
H	ʌ	028C	but, mug, son
R	ɜ ɜː ɚ ɝ	025C 025C+02D0 025A 025D	butter, hurt

Diphthongs

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Table 2. Diphthongs (British English)

British English SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
O	ɔɪ	0254+026A	toil, boy
W	aʊ	0061+028A	out, cow
Y	aɪ	0061+026A	life, fine

Reduced vowels

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Table 3. Reduced vowels (British English)

British English SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
x	ə	0259	sofa, alone, suppose, America
X	i ɨ	0069 0268	roses, hinted

Consonants

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Table 4. Consonants (British English)

British English SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
b	b	0062	bad, sob
p	p	0070	pit, rip
d	d	0064	dip, had
t	t	0074	tip, pet
g	g ɡ	0067 0261	good, bug
k	k	006B	kill, make, back
D	ð	00F0	this, breathe
T	θ	03B8	thing, Beth
v	v	0076	vase, save
f	f	0066	field, if, graph
z	z	007A	zip, phase
s	s	0073	seal, miss, ceiling
Z	ʒ	0292	treasure, garage
S	ʃ	0283	ship, wish
J	dʒ ʤ	0064+0292 02A4	Jane, huge
C	tʃ ʧ	0074+0283 02A7	chip, witch, nature
h	h x χ ɦ	0068 0078 03C7 0266	hot, hero
m	m	006D	man, hum, summer
n	n	006E	never, sun, winner
G	ŋ	014B	sing, finger
r	r ɹ ɾ	0072 0279 027E	borrow, rake
l	l	006C	low, hall
L	l̩	006C+0329	candle
w	w	0077	wear, quick
y	j	006A	yes, Virginia