ROMAN PHONETIC ALPHABET:

TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEM FOR ENGLISH

 

(Derived from the Basic Roman Spelling of English)

 

 

IPA
BRS
BRS/E
RPA

ɪ

i

i

i

e

e

e

e

æ

a

a

’a, ,a

ʊ

u

u

u

ʌ

a

a

”a, ,,a

ɒ

o

o

o

ə

a

a

a

i:

iy

iy

iy

ɑ:

aa

aa

’aa, ,aa

u:

uu

uu

uu

ɜ:

aa

aa

aa, ”aa, ,,aa

ɔ:

oo

oo

oo

eɪ

ey

ey

ey

aɪ

ay

ay

ay

ɔɪ

oy

oy

oy

ɪə

ia

ia

ia

eə

ea

ea

ea

oʊ

ou

ou

ou

au

au

au

ʊə

ua

ua

ua

p

p

p

p

t

t

t

t

k

k

k

k

b

b

b

b

d

d

d

d

f

f

f

f

v

v

v

v

s

s

s

s

z

z

z

z

m

m

m

m

n

n

n

n

r

r

r

r

l

l

l

l

w

u

w

w

h

h

h

h

g

g

g

g

ts

ts

ts

ts

ch

ch

ch

θ

t

th

th

ʃ

sh

sh

sh

x

h

h

hh

ŋ

ng

ng

ng

dʒ

dzh

j

j

ð

d

dh

dh

ʒ

zh

zh

zh

j

 

y

 

y

 

y

 

 

 


 

 

IPA = International Phonetic Alphabet for English

BRS = Basic Roman Spelling of English

BRS/E = Basic Roman Spelling / Extended

RPA = Roman Phonetic Alphabet for English

 

Primary stress is indicated by the mark, respectively in the case

of /ʌ/ and /ɜ:/.  Secondary stress is shown by, and ,, respectively.

Stress marks are placed before the syllable concerned, i.e. not necessarily

next to the relevant vowel as shown in the table.

 

 


 

 

Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov

Sofia, April 2006