Wiktionary:English Phonemic Representation

The English Phonemic Representation (shortened as enPR; sometimes called the AHD system (short for American Heritage Dictionary) is a wiktionary-specific system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet as representation of the sounds used in pronouncing spoken English. It is similar to the system used by American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

The following tables show the enPR representations of English phonemes:

Monophthongal vowels

Representations of monophthongal vowels:

Example	enPR
ease, see	ē
lose, soon, through	ōō
city, bit	ĭ
put, foot	ŏŏ
about	ə
enter	ər
bed, bet, end	ĕ
fur, bird	ûr
run, enough, up	ŭ
bad, cat, ran	ă
law, caught, saw	ô
more	ôr
father	ä
arm, bard	är
not	ŏ
French "ami"	ȧ
German "schön"	œ
German "über"	ü

Diphthongs

Representations of diphthongs:

Example	enPR
here, near, peer	î
poor	ŏŏ
bait, play, same	ā
go, hope, know	ō
hair, pear, there	â
boy, noise	oi
my, rise	ī
house, now	ou

Consonants

Representations of consonants:

Example	enPR
pen, spin, top apple	p
but, able, cab wobble, ebb	b
ton, stab, mat attend, butt ought latter, metal	t
chat, teacher, inch nature	ch
dot, idea, nod fodder, odd ladder, medal	d
joy, ajar gin, agile, age edge procedure	j
cat, locate, bloc kit, bakery, steak queen, aquarium, pique choir, school, ache fickle, tack	k
get, magnet, bag	g
man, animal, him	m
not, ant, pan hidden	n
singer, ring	ng
fan, left, leaf enough phase, graphic, epitaph	f
voice, navel, save of	v
thin, nothing, moth	th
this, father, clothe	th
set, list pass city, ice	s
zoo, quiz fuzz rose xylem	z
she, ash sure ration	sh
vision beige	zh
loch, pesach	kh
ham	h
run, very	r
yes	y
left little	l
which	hw
wet	w
dénouement	n
canyon	ny, ñ

Other symbols

Indication	enPR
primary stress	ʹ or ʹ
secondary stress	ʹ or '
a division between syllables	‒ or .