Appendix:English pronunciation
| enPR-reform | enPR-AHD | Lexical set | Diaphonic IPA | Dialectal IPA & Dialectal enPR-reform | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fully Diaphonic | Semi-Diaphonic | ||||||||||
| \\ä\\ | PALM | //ɑː// | /ɑː/ \ä\ | /ɑ/ \ä\ | /ɐː/ \ä\ | /a/ \ă\ | /ɑː/ \ä\ | ||||
| \\är\\ | START | //ɑːr// | /ɑɹ/ \är\ | /aɾ/ \ăr\ | |||||||
| \\ă\\ | TRAP | //æ// | /æ/ \ă\ | /ɛ/ \ă\ | /a/ \ă\ | ||||||
| \\ăr\\ | TRAP + r | //ær// | /æɹ/ \ăr\ | /æɹ/ \ăr\, /ɛɹ/ \ĕr\ | /ɛɹ/ \ĕr\ | /æɹ/ \ăr\ | /ɛɹ/ \ăr\ | /aɾ/ \ăr\ | |||
| \\ā\\ | FACE | //eː// | //eɪ// | /eɪ/ \ā\ | /æɪ/ \ā\ | /e/ \ā\ | /eː/ \ā\,[1] /ej/ \ā\[2] | ||||
| \\ā\\ | STAY | //eɪ// | /ej/ \āi\,[1] /ej/ \ā\[2] | ||||||||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Used by speakers without the toe-tow merger.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Used by speakers with the toe-tow merger.