The Sound Map · British English · RP
Forty-four sounds. Every one of them, here.
Vowels sit where your tongue makes them. Consonants sit where the air is stopped. Tap any sound: what it is, how to make it, and the words it hides in. Then say it back and see your own voice.
Vowels
Front of the mouth on the left, back on the right. Close at the top, open at the bottom. Arrows are diphthongs — one vowel gliding into another.
Consonants
Columns are where the sound is made, lips to throat. Rows are how. Pairs share a mouth shape — the difference is your voice.
Practice
Read it, then say it.
Two sentences that use most of the map. Read them at normal speed and listen to yourself — the microphone above works on any sound you open.
She sells seashells by the seashore.
/ʃiː selz ˈsiːʃelz baɪ ðə ˈsiːʃɔː/
I thought the weather here was terrible, but I was wrong.
/aɪ ˈθɔːt ðə ˈweðə hɪə wəz ˈterəbl̩ bət aɪ wəz ˈrɒŋ/
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