DISC (CELEX) | Worldbet | Klattese | ARPABET (CMUdict) | IPA (broad "American") | Wells (1982) lexical sets (for stressed nuclei) |
I | I | I | IH | [ɪ] | KIT |
E | E | E | EH | [ɛ] | DRESS |
{ | @ | @ | AE | [æ] | TRAP/BATH | DISC merges BATH, PALM, and START |
Q | A | a | AA | [ɑ] | LOT/PALM | DISC merges BATH, PALM, and START |
V | ^ | ^ | AH | [ʌ] | STRUT | Maybe identical to [ə] in some dialects |
U | U | U | UH | [ʊ] | FOOT |
$ | > | c | AO | [ɔ] | CLOTH/THOUGHT | DISC merges THOUGHT, NORTH, and FORCE |
3 | &r | X | ER | [ɚ] | NURSE | Unclear phonological identity |
i | i: | i | IY | [iː] | FLEECE | May have front offglide |
1 | ei | e | EY | [eɪ] | FACE |
5 | oU | o | OW | [oʊ] | GOAT |
u | u | u | UW | [uː] | GOOSE | May have front glide before or back glide after |
2 | aI | Y | AY | [aɪ] | PRICE |
4 | >i | O | OY | [ɔɪ] | CHOICE |
6 | aU | W | AW | [aʊ] | MOUTH |
7 | i 9r | I r | IH R | [ɪɚ] | NEAR |
8 | ei 9r | E r | EH R | [ɛɚ] | SQUARE |
# | A 9r | a r | AA R | [aɚ] | START | DISC merges BATH, PALM, and START |
$ | > 3r | c r | AO R | [ɔɚ] | NORTH/FORCE | DISC merges THOUGHT, NORTH, and FORCE |
9 | u 9r | U r | UH R | [ʊɚ] | CURE |
@ | & | x | AH | [ə] | | Maybe identical to [ʌ]/STRUT in some dialects |
p | p | p | P | [p] | | Aspirated initially |
b | b | b | B | [b] | |
t | t | t | T | [t] | | Aspirated initially; can be [ɾ] or even [ʔ] when intervocalic and immediately post-tonic |
d | d | d | D | [d] | | Can be [ɾ] or even [ʔ] when intervocalic and immediately post-tonic |
k | k | k | K | [k] | | Aspirated initially |
g | g | g | G | [g] | |
J | tS | C | CH | [tʃ] | | DISC's is counterintuitive |
_ | dZ | J | JH | [dʒ] |
f | f | f | F | [f] |
v | v | v | V | [v] |
T | T | T | TH | [θ] |
D | D | D | DH | [ð] |
s | s | s | S | [s] |
S | S | S | SH | [ʃ] |
z | z | z | Z | [z] |
Z | Z | Z | ZH | [ʒ] | | Marginal (in type terms), but difficult to exclude by markedness principles |
h | h | h | HH | [h] |
r | 9r | r | R | [ɹ] |
m | m | m | M | [m] | |
n | n | n | N | [n] | |
N | N | G | NG | [ŋ] | | Generally thought to be a pure allophone of /n/ before dorsals | |
l | l | l | L | [l] |
P | & l | L | AH L | [əl] | | Maybe just syllabic allophone of /l/ |
H | & n | N | AH N | [ən] | | Maybe just syllabic allophone of /n/ |
j | j | j | Y | [j] |
w | w | w | W | [w] |