a – rat, mat.
ɑ – saw, cause.
e – faith, gate.
ɛ – pen, get.
i – sweet, meet.
ɪ – bit, pit.
o – boat, close.
u – zoo, shoe.
ʌ – bud, cuss.
ø – deux as in French.
ə – autumn, potter.
j – yard, onion.
x – loch, broch (Scots).
hw – wheel, whistle.
ʃ – shoot, election.
ʒ – treasure, azure.
ʧ – chill, nature.
ʤ – jar, lodge.
ŋ – bring, single.
θ – think, through.
ð – lather, bathe.
ɔ – sonne (German).
aɪ – eye, aisle.
əi – bile, bite.
oi – boyo, boyd (Welsh).
ʌu – cow, house.
ju – duty, feud.
ɔɪ – royal, void.
Other symbols used.
[ ː ] the preceding vowel is long.
[ ˈ ]the following syllable is stressed.
Father – ˈfaːðə (posh nasal clipped English).
[ ʔ ] the glottal stop, or dropping your t’s. Butter – bʌʔr – a common Scottish practice – Skɑʔɪʃ ˈpraktɪs.
The remaining symbols; b, d, f, g, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, z look the same as the regular English alphabet and retain their usual phonetic values.