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  1. What is the difference between "phonetic" and "phonemic"?

    Phonemics, or Phonology, is the study of the distribution of sound systems in human languages. A Phoneme is a particular set of sounds produced in a particular language and distinguishable by …

  2. pronunciation - Is there any online tool to read (pronounce) IPA and ...

    Aug 2, 2015 · I am looking for a tool to read a word written as phonetic transcription (IPA or APA). I need it to provide users with a tool to verify if they've chosen the correct IPA transcription (users will n...

  3. What is the /ū/ sound in English symbol?

    May 16, 2019 · Popular phonetic symbols, e.g., KK and DJ, are based on IPA, but not IPA. One more example, the phonetic symbol of Merriam-Webster dictionary is totally different from IPA.

  4. What phonetic notation is Google dictionary using?

    Sep 24, 2011 · I think Google dictionary is not using IPA. But I don't know what phonetic notation it is using. For example, the "y" in prefix "hypo" is pronounced differently with following phonetic notation in

  5. phonetics - What's the meaning of /e/, /i:/, /a:/, /z/ and /p ...

    Oct 4, 2016 · The answer marked correct is incorrect. The English meaning of long and short vowels is: * a short = cat æ * a long = name eɪ These are two totally different sounds phonetically and not …

  6. pronunciation - Which is the correct way to refer to the letter "Z ...

    Apr 13, 2016 · It's also called Zulu in some phonetic alphabets used by military and others communicating over noisy radio communication systems.

  7. When is the old english letter Æ/æ modernised to A, E and AE?

    Jan 21, 2023 · The letter Æ/æ in Old English represented a monophthongal vowel that could be either of two lengths: short (transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /æ/) or long (transcribed in …

  8. phonetics - What is the difference between /a/ and /æ/? - English ...

    Apr 14, 2020 · There are many different ways of writing English phonetically. Linguists and people interested in language (such as you often find on this site) often use the International Phonetic …

  9. pronunciation - Phonetic symbols for Port are different: Webster ...

    Mar 28, 2022 · Generally speaking, you're better off using the phonetic transcriptions in the English-to-<Language> section of any good bilingual dictionary. They're fast and simple and don't care at all …

  10. pronunciation - Phonetic symbol - superscript h in Which - English ...

    Mar 26, 2022 · Q1) What is the meaning of the small h (superscript h) in the phonetic symbols of which shown in Collins? ʰwɪ̠tʃ the small h means 'complete silence' (= just ignore h) the small h means …