(English_MFA_dictionary_v3_0_0)= # English MFA dictionary v3.0.0 ``````{dictionary} English MFA dictionary v3.0.0 :id: "English MFA dictionary v3_0_0" :tags: English;MFA;IPA :language: "English" :dialect: N/A :layout: mfa :template: dictionary_template :phoneset: "MFA" :license: "CC BY 4.0" ```{include} ../../../../dictionary/english/mfa/v3.0.0/README.md :start-after: "## Dictionary details" :end-before: "## Installation" ``` ```{admonition} Acoustic models * {ref}`english_mfa_acoustic_model_v3_0_0` ``` `````` ```{include} ../../../../dictionary/english/mfa/v3.0.0/README.md :start-after: "new)." ``` ## IPA Charts ### Consonants Obstruent symbols to the left of {fas}`circle;ipa-dot` are unvoiced and those to the right are voiced. ``````{list-table} :header-rows: 1 :stub-columns: 1 :class: consonant_chart table-striped table-bordered * - Manner - Labial - Labiodental - Dental - Alveolar - Alveopalatal - Palatal - Velar - Glottal * - {manner}`Nasal` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * m * Occurrences: 39803 * Examples * trim: [tʲ ɹ ɪ m] * ament: [ej m ɛ n t] * lambs: [l a m z] * gambo: [ɡ a m b o] * mʲ * Occurrences: 8153 * Examples * meads: [mʲ iː d z] * omega: [əw mʲ iː ɡ ə] * midst: [mʲ i d s t] * meets: [mʲ iː t s] * m̩ * Occurrences: 8 * Examples * poems: [pʰ ow m̩ z] * album: [æ ɫ b m̩] * him: [m̩] * some: [s m̩] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * ɱ * Occurrences: 1 * Examples ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * n * Occurrences: 77947 * Examples * burns: [b ɜː n z] * varna: [v aː n a] * vines: [v aj n z] * namco: [n a m kʰ əw] * n̩ * Occurrences: 98 * Examples * giant: [dʒ aj n̩ t] * often: [ɒ f t n̩] * open: [ow p n̩] * isn't: [ɪ z n̩] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * ɲ * Occurrences: 15840 * Examples * nadir: [ɲ ej dʲ ɪ ə] * news: [ɲ uː z] * nap: [ɲ æ p] * snail: [s ɲ ej ɫ] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * ŋ * Occurrences: 15493 * Examples * mango: [m æ ŋ ɡ ow] * shank: [ʃ a ŋ k] * longa: [l ɒ ŋ ɡ ə] * inked: [ɪ ŋ k t] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - {manner}`Stop` {submanner}`Plain` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * p * Occurrences: 20997 * Examples * spark: [s p ɑ ɹ k] * sloop: [s l ʉː p] * hap: [h æ p] * camps: [kʰ a m p s] * pʲ * Occurrences: 3212 * Examples * puma: [pʲ uː m a] * udupi: [j ʉː d ʉː pʲ i] * aspis: [æ s pʲ ɪ s] * tuppy: [tʰ ɐ pʲ i] * pʷ * Occurrences: 29 * Examples * puy: [pʷ iː] * voiced * b * Occurrences: 25552 * Examples * balk: [b ɒː ɫ k] * bout: [b aw t] * taboo: [tʰ a b ʉː] * bart: [b ɑ ɹ t] * bʲ * Occurrences: 5316 * Examples * bilge: [bʲ ɪ ɫ dʒ] * benet: [bʲ ɪ n ɛ t] * robyn: [ɹ əw bʲ ɪ n] * sibyl: [s ɪ bʲ ɪ ɫ] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * t̪ * Occurrences: 130 * Examples * youth: [j ʉː t̪] * worth: [w ɔ t̪] * both: [b əw t̪] * thin: [t̪ ɪ n] * voiced * d̪ * Occurrences: 115 * Examples * than: [d̪ æ n] * these: [d̪ iː z] * this: [d̪ i s] * that: [d̪ æ t] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * t * Occurrences: 52430 * Examples * bigot: [bʲ ɪ ɡ ə t] * altar: [ɔ l t a] * wants: [w ə n t s] * bouts: [b aw t s] * tʲ * Occurrences: 19256 * Examples * putin: [pʰ uː tʲ i n] * trio: [tʲ ɹ i əw] * team: [tʲ iː m] * steen: [s tʲ iː n] * tʷ * Occurrences: 267 * Examples * tweet: [tʷ iː t] * twill: [tʷ ɪ ɫ] * twigs: [tʷ ɪ ɡ z] * tweak: [tʷ iː k] * voiced * d * Occurrences: 39706 * Examples * iliad: [ɪ ʎ i a d] * jihad: [dʒ ə h ɑː d] * dari: [d ɑː ɹ i] * lands: [l a n d z] * dʲ * Occurrences: 12826 * Examples * lydia: [ʎ i dʲ i a] * deer: [dʲ ɪ ə] * today: [tʰ ɔ dʲ e] * idiot: [ɪ dʲ i ə t] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * c * Occurrences: 9105 * Examples * crape: [c ɹ ej p] * crips: [c ɹ ɪ p s] * tiki: [tʲ iː c i] * wiske: [w ɪ s c i] * cʷ * Occurrences: 977 * Examples * squad: [s cʷ æ d] * queer: [cʷ i a] * quill: [cʷ i ɫ] * quell: [cʷ ɛ ɫ] * voiced * ɟ * Occurrences: 4529 * Examples * gated: [ɟ ej tʲ ɪ d] * gray: [ɟ ɹ ej] * saggy: [s æ ɟ i] * grace: [ɟ ɹ ej s] * ɟʷ * Occurrences: 202 * Examples * gwen: [ɟʷ ɛ n] * gwynn: [ɟʷ ɪ n] * guido: [ɟʷ i d ow] * gwin: [ɟʷ ɪ n] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * k * Occurrences: 32577 * Examples * mimic: [mʲ ɪ mʲ ɪ k] * cox: [kʰ ɔ k s] * pock: [pʰ ɒ k] * skuas: [s k ʉː ə z] * kʷ * Occurrences: 1442 * Examples * kwok: [kʷ ɔ k] * quark: [kʷ ɒ ɹ k] * quart: [kʷ ɒ ɹ t] * croix: [kʷ ɒː] * voiced * ɡ * Occurrences: 17075 * Examples * going: [ɡ ow ɪ ŋ] * gael: [ɡ ej ɫ] * eagle: [iː ɡ ə ɫ] * brag: [b ɹ æ ɡ] * ɡʷ * Occurrences: 163 * Examples * guava: [ɡʷ ɑ v ə] * guano: [ɡʷ a n o] * agua: [ɑ ɡʷ ə] * guang: [ɡʷ ɑː ŋ] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * ʔ * Occurrences: 102 * Examples * what: [w ɒ ʔ] * putin: [pʲ ʉː ʔ ə n] * got: [ɡ ɑ ʔ] ``` * - {submanner}`Aspirated` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * pʰ * Occurrences: 14454 * Examples * ports: [pʰ ɔ t s] * agape: [ɑ ɡ ɑː pʰ ej] * paula: [pʰ ɒː l ə] * peak: [pʰ iː k] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * tʰ * Occurrences: 14838 * Examples * text: [tʰ ɛ k s t] * today: [tʰ ʊ d ej] * tulsi: [tʰ ʊ ɫ s iː] * tahoe: [tʰ ɑː h ow] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * cʰ * Occurrences: 5987 * Examples * caged: [cʰ ej dʒ d] * kit: [cʰ i t] * kea: [cʰ iː ə] * nokia: [n ɔ cʰ i a] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * kʰ * Occurrences: 15859 * Examples * cosh: [kʰ ɒ ʃ] * narco: [n ɑː kʰ əw] * kern: [kʰ aː n] * cuddy: [kʰ ɔ dʲ i] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - {manner}`Affricate` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * tʃ * Occurrences: 7320 * Examples * mitch: [mʲ i tʃ] * char: [tʃ ɑː] * two: [tʃ uː] * roch: [ɹ ɒ tʃ] * voiced * dʒ * Occurrences: 11779 * Examples * saj: [s ɑː dʒ] * jeet: [dʒ i t] * july: [dʒ ʉː l aj] * jimi: [dʒ ɪ mʲ iː] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - {manner}`Sibilant` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * s * Occurrences: 81280 * Examples * stay: [s t ej] * hans: [h ɑː n s] * luce: [l ʉː s] * soc: [s əw ʃ] * voiced * z * Occurrences: 33119 * Examples * axons: [æ k s ɑ n z] * nikes: [n aj c i z] * arabs: [ej ɹ æ b z] * laser: [l ej z ɚ] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * ʃ * Occurrences: 16190 * Examples * xiang: [ʃ ɑː ŋ] * ocean: [əw ʃ ə n] * shush: [ʃ ɔ ʃ] * niche: [ɲ i ʃ] * voiced * ʒ * Occurrences: 896 * Examples * luge: [ʎ ʉː ʒ] * asian: [ej ʒ ə n] * zhang: [ʒ æ ŋ] * deja: [d ej ʒ ə] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - {manner}`Fricative` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * f * Occurrences: 18515 * Examples * frets: [f ɹ ɛ t s] * frist: [f ɹ ɪ s t] * morph: [m ɔ f] * fare: [f ɛː] * fʲ * Occurrences: 5050 * Examples * fit: [fʲ ɪ t] * comfy: [kʰ ɔ m fʲ i] * philo: [fʲ ɪ l ow] * filet: [fʲ i ʎ i t] * fʷ * Occurrences: 3 * Examples * voiced * v * Occurrences: 13845 * Examples * vert: [v ɝ t] * lavra: [l a v ɹ ə] * venn: [v ɛ n] * wurst: [v ʊ ɹ s t] * vʲ * Occurrences: 3127 * Examples * veers: [vʲ ɪ ɹ z] * ovid: [ɑ vʲ ɪ d] * mavis: [m e vʲ i s] * ivy: [aj vʲ i] * vʷ * Occurrences: 8 * Examples ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * θ * Occurrences: 5841 * Examples * cloth: [k l ɔ θ] * earth: [aː θ] * tithi: [tʲ iː θ i] * birth: [b ɝ θ] * voiced * ð * Occurrences: 1364 * Examples * paths: [pʰ æ ð z] * dhabi: [ð ɑː bʲ i] * the: [ð iː] * that: [ð æ t] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * ç * Occurrences: 2154 * Examples * heme: [ç iː m] * hymn: [ç i m] * hiss: [ç ɪ s] * hewn: [ç uː n] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * voiceless * h * Occurrences: 8526 * Examples * hansa: [h a n s ə] * has: [h æ s] * hired: [h aj ə d] * hajj: [h ɔ dʒ] ``` * - {manner}`Approximant` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * w * Occurrences: 9186 * Examples * waves: [w ej v z] * wire: [w aj ə] * wings: [w ɪ n z] * woman: [w ʊ m a n] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * ɹ * Occurrences: 70108 * Examples * prams: [p ɹ a m z] * drava: [d ɹ ɑː v ə] * prod: [p ɹ ɒ d] * prior: [p ɹ aj ə] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * j * Occurrences: 3285 * Examples * yargo: [j ɑ ɹ ɡ ow] * yowie: [j aw w i] * utica: [j uː tʲ i k a] * yoke: [j o k] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - {manner}`Tap` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * ɾ * Occurrences: 196 * Examples * gad: [ɡ æ ɾ] * metal: [m ɛ ɾ ə ɫ] * head: [h ɛ ɾ] * it'll: [ɪ ɾ ɫ̩] * ɾʲ * Occurrences: 97 * Examples * duty: [dʲ ʉː ɾʲ i] * body: [b ɔ ɾʲ i] * ready: [ɹ ɛ ɾʲ i] * video: [vʲ i ɾʲ i o] * ɾ̃ * Occurrences: 35 * Examples * many: [m ɪ ɾ̃ i] * under: [ɐ ɾ̃ ɚ] * tiny: [tʰ aj ɾ̃ i] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - {manner}`Lateral` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * l * Occurrences: 29417 * Examples * loire: [l w ɑ ɹ] * lukas: [l ʉ k ə z] * tyler: [tʰ aj l ɚ] * flubs: [f l ɔ b z] * ɫ * Occurrences: 24671 * Examples * helps: [h ɛ ɫ p s] * bible: [b aj b ə ɫ] * tile: [tʰ aj ɫ] * colt: [kʰ ɒ ɫ t] * ɫ̩ * Occurrences: 158 * Examples * total: [tʰ əw t ɫ̩] * vital: [v aj t ɫ̩] * evil: [iː v ɫ̩] * civil: [s ɪ v ɫ̩] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * other * ʎ * Occurrences: 20823 * Examples * aliyu: [a ʎ i j uː] * limit: [ʎ ɪ mʲ ɪ t] * lil: [ʎ i ɫ] * hally: [h ɔ ʎ i] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` `````` ### Vowels Vowel symbols to the left of {fas}`circle;ipa-dot` are unrounded and those to the right are rounded. ``````{list-table} :header-rows: 1 :stub-columns: 1 :class: vowel_chart table-striped table-bordered * - - Front - Near-Front - Central - Near-Back - Back * - Close - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * i * Occurrences: 63751 * Examples * reset: [ɹ i s ɛ t] * tasty: [tʰ ej s tʲ i] * piggy: [pʰ ɪ ɟ i] * raspy: [ɹ a s pʲ i] * iː * Occurrences: 17066 * Examples * gaea: [dʒ iː ə] * weak: [w iː k] * dion: [dʲ iː ɑ n] * davie: [d ej vʲ iː] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * rounded * ʉ * Occurrences: 2833 * Examples * moody: [m ʉ dʲ i] * usa: [j ʉ ɛ s ej] * luis: [ʎ ʉ ɪ s] * zeus: [z ʉ s] * ʉː * Occurrences: 8227 * Examples * cued: [cʰ ʉː d] * prune: [p ɹ ʉː n] * truth: [tʃ ɹ ʉː θ] * unite: [j ʉː n aj t] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * rounded * u * Occurrences: 4035 * Examples * bacon: [b e k u n] * upton: [ɔ p t u n] * ovum: [o v u m] * durum: [dʲ uː u m] * uː * Occurrences: 4667 * Examples * fuels: [fʲ uː ɫ z] * argue: [a ɡ uː] * muti: [m uː tʰ i] * boop: [b uː p] ``` * - - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * ɪ * Occurrences: 72797 * Examples * rivet: [ɹ ɪ v ə t] * cabin: [cʰ æ bʲ ɪ n] * sin: [s ɪ n] * wick: [w ɪ k] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * rounded * ʊ * Occurrences: 8064 * Examples * cycle: [s aj k ʊ ɫ] * stook: [s t ʊ k] * buren: [b ʊ ɹ ə n] * cure: [cʰ ʊ a] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - Close-Mid - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * e * Occurrences: 7679 * Examples * blaby: [b l e bʲ i] * bay: [b e] * navel: [n e v ɛ ɫ] * rates: [ɹ e t s] * ej * Occurrences: 17233 * Examples * raven: [ɹ ej v ə n] * malay: [m ej l ej] * ages: [ej dʒ ɪ z] * pace: [pʰ ej s] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * rounded * o * Occurrences: 7012 * Examples * prove: [p ɹ o v] * loess: [l o i s] * poll: [pʰ o ɫ] * volga: [v o ɫ ɡ a] * ow * Occurrences: 10116 * Examples * ago: [ə ɡ ow] * mole: [m ow l ej] * roca: [ɹ ow k ə] * poems: [pʰ ow m̩ z] ``` * - - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * ə * Occurrences: 86312 * Examples * fanon: [f a n ə n] * bison: [b aj s ə n] * haydn: [ç ej d ə n] * alma: [a ɫ m ə] * ɚ * Occurrences: 9826 * Examples * luger: [ʎ ʉ ɡ ɚ] * caper: [cʰ ej p ɚ] * acre: [ej k ɚ] * alder: [ɒː ɫ d ɚ] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - Open-Mid - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * ɛ * Occurrences: 46399 * Examples * caron: [cʰ ɛ ɹ ə n] * etna: [ɛ t n ə] * selma: [s ɛ ɫ m a] * xtra: [ɛ k s t ɹ ə] * ɛː * Occurrences: 1561 * Examples * dares: [d ɛː z] * spare: [s p ɛː] * flare: [f l ɛː] * carew: [cʰ ɛː ɹ ʉː] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * ɜ * Occurrences: 310 * Examples * viera: [vʲ iː ɜ ɹ a] * bury: [b ɜ ɹ i] * circe: [s ɜ s i] * burj: [b ɜ dʒ] * ɜː * Occurrences: 3184 * Examples * birk: [b ɜː k] * first: [f ɜː s t] * worth: [w ɜː θ] * ernie: [ɜː ɲ i] * ɝ * Occurrences: 3489 * Examples * third: [s ɝ d] * burg: [b ɝ ɡ] * word: [w ɝ d] * erne: [ɝ n] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * rounded * ɔ * Occurrences: 23536 * Examples * spall: [s p ɔ ɫ] * malta: [m ɔ ɫ t a] * bunks: [b ɔ ŋ k s] * tor: [tʰ ɔ] ``` * - - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * æ * Occurrences: 15920 * Examples * altos: [æ ɫ t ow z] * anwar: [æ n w ɚ] * gavin: [ɡ æ vʲ ɪ n] * paths: [pʰ æ θ s] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * ɐ * Occurrences: 10494 * Examples * jumbo: [dʒ ɐ m b ow] * upper: [ɐ p ɚ] * moray: [m ɐ ɹ i] * tump: [tʰ ɐ m p] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` * - Open - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * a * Occurrences: 47477 * Examples * exact: [ɪ ɡ z a k t] * trash: [t ɹ a ʃ] * maga: [m a ɡ ə] * value: [v a ʎ ʉː] * aː * Occurrences: 2141 * Examples * sperm: [s p aː m] * light: [l aː t] * hern: [h aː n] * price: [p ɹ aː s] ``` - ```{ipa_cell} ``` - ```{ipa_cell} * unrounded * ɑ * Occurrences: 11104 * Examples * togs: [tʰ ɑ ɡ z] * dante: [d ɑ n tʰ ej] * lat: [l ɑ t] * agog: [ə ɡ ɑ ɡ] * ɑː * Occurrences: 7128 * Examples * bah: [b ɑː] * barth: [b ɑː θ] * bara: [b ɑː ɹ ə] * noir: [n w ɑː] * rounded * ɒ * Occurrences: 14837 * Examples * ault: [ɒ ɫ t] * bots: [b ɒ t s] * opera: [ɒ p ɹ ə] * octa: [ɒ k t ə] * ɒː * Occurrences: 5758 * Examples * borer: [b ɒː ɹ ə] * corr: [kʰ ɒː] * ports: [pʰ ɒː t s] * pau: [pʰ ɒː] ``` `````` #### Diphthongs * {ipa_inline}`aj` * {ipa_inline}`aw` * {ipa_inline}`ej` * {ipa_inline}`ow` * {ipa_inline}`ɔj` * {ipa_inline}`əw`