How to pronounce OAPs in British English

əʊ

eɪ

ˈ

p

iː

z

əʊ

from mid central unrounded to near-close near-back rounded diphthong

ə

mid central unrounded vowel

vowel

IPA Name schwa

IPA Desc. mid central vowel

IPA # 322

Unicode Hex 0259

ʊ

near-close near-back rounded vowel

vowel

IPA Name upsilon

IPA Desc. near-close near-back rounded vowel

IPA # 321

Unicode Hex 028A

eɪ

from close-mid front unrounded to near-close near-front unrounded diphthong

e

close-mid front unrounded vowel

vowel

IPA Name lower-case e

IPA Desc. close-mid front unrounded vowel

IPA # 302

Unicode Hex 0065

ɪ

near-close near-front unrounded vowel

vowel

IPA Name small capital i

IPA Desc. near-close near-front unrounded vowel

IPA # 319

Unicode Hex 026A

ˈ

primary stress

ˈ

vertical stroke (superior)

IPA Name vertical stroke (superior)

IPA Desc. primary stress

IPA # 501

Unicode Hex 02C8

p

voiceless bilabial stop consonant

+75

p

voiceless bilabial plosive

consonant

IPA Name lower-case p

IPA Desc. voiceless bilabial plosive

IPA # 101

Unicode Hex 0070

iː

long close front unrounded vowel

+36

i

close front unrounded vowel

vowel

IPA Name lower-case i

IPA Desc. close front unrounded vowel

IPA # 301

Unicode Hex 0069

ː

long

diacritic

IPA Name length mark

IPA Desc. length mark

IPA # 503

Unicode Hex 02D0

z

voiced alveolar sibilant fricative consonant

+39

z

voiced alveolar fricative

consonant

IPA Name lower-case z

IPA Desc. voiced alveolar fricative

IPA # 133

Unicode Hex 007A

en-ZA

en-GB

en-AU

en-US

en-GB-WLS

IPA Phonetic Reader

International Phonetic Alphabet

How to pronounce OAPs in British English

IPA Phonetic Alphabet Transcription