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əprawk.SIMAI.shn
syllables
ap
.
prox
.
i
.
ma
.
tion
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ə
ˌ
p
ɹ
ɔ
k
s
ɪ
ˈ
m
æɪ
ʃ
n̩
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
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+29
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
schwa
IPA Desc.
mid central vowel
IPA #
322
Unicode Hex
0259
ˌ
secondary stress
ˌ
vertical stroke (inferior)
IPA Name
vertical stroke (inferior)
IPA Desc.
secondary stress
IPA #
502
Unicode Hex
02CC
p
voiceless bilabial stop consonant
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+74
p
voiceless bilabial plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case p
IPA Desc.
voiceless bilabial plosive
IPA #
101
Unicode Hex
0070
ɹ
voiced alveolar approximant consonant
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+2
ɹ
voiced alveolar approximant
consonant
IPA Name
turned r
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar approximant
IPA #
151
Unicode Hex
0279
ɔ
open-mid back rounded vowel
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+51
ɔ
open-mid back rounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
open o
IPA Desc.
open-mid back rounded vowel
IPA #
306
Unicode Hex
0254
k
voiceless velar stop consonant
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+76
k
voiceless velar plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case k
IPA Desc.
voiceless velar plosive
IPA #
109
Unicode Hex
006B
s
voiceless alveolar sibilant fricative consonant
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+68
s
voiceless alveolar fricative
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case s
IPA Desc.
voiceless alveolar fricative
IPA #
132
Unicode Hex
0073
ɪ
raised close-mid front unrounded vowel
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+23
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
m
voiced bilabial nasal consonant
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+79
m
bilabial nasal
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case m
IPA Desc.
voiced bilabial nasal
IPA #
114
Unicode Hex
006D
æɪ
from unrounded near-open front to near-close near-front unrounded diphthong
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æ
near-open front unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
ash; lower-case a-e ligature
IPA Desc.
near-open front unrounded vowel
IPA #
325
Unicode Hex
00E6
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
ʃ
voiceless post-alveolar sibilant fricative consonant
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+56
ʃ
voiceless palato-alveolar fricative
consonant
IPA Name
esh
IPA Desc.
voiceless postalveolar fricative
IPA #
134
Unicode Hex
0283
n̩
syllabic voiced alveolar nasal consonant
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n
alveolar nasal
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case n
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar nasal
IPA #
116
Unicode Hex
006E
◌̩
syllabic
diacritic
IPA Name
syllabicity mark
IPA Desc.
syllabic
IPA #
431
Unicode Hex
0329
en-AU
78
en-US
10
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