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English Consonant Sounds
IPA	initial	internal	final
p	please (pliz)	purple (ppl)	help (hlp)
		apple (pl)	grape (greIp)
b	book (bk)	noble (nbl)	web (wb)
		cabbage (kbI g)
f	five (faIv)	fifty (fIfti)	gulf (glf)
		raffle (rfl)	off (f)
	phone (fn)	hyphen (haIfn)	nymph (nImf)
		roughly (rfli)	tough (tf)
v	vanilla (vnIl)	seven (svn)	five (faIv)
	thirty (ti)	nothing (nIŋ)	path (p)
	they (eI)	father (f)	breathe (bri)
t	ten (tn)	autumn (tm)	hit (hIt)
		attain (teIn)	mitt (mIt)
		eighty (eIti)	freight (freIt)
			baked* (beIkt)
			white (weIt)
d	dish (dI)	widow (wId)	red (rd)
		adding (dIŋ)	guide (gd)
s	sir (s)	thesis (iss)	books (bks)
	scissors (sIzz)	massage (ms)	miss (mIs)
	center (snt)	December (dIsmb)	ice (is)
	psychology (saIklgi)		six (sIks)
			house (hs)
z	zero (z)	freezing (frizIŋ)	ooze (uz)
		fuzzy (fzi)	jazz (z)
		miser (maIz)	dishes (dIz)
	xenophobe (znfb)	exit (gzIt)	please (pliz)
		scissors (sIzz)
	she (i)	mushroom (mrum)	radish (rdI)
	sure ()	pressure (pr)
	schist (Ist)	fascist (fIst)
		tuition (tuIn)	cache (k)
	genre (nr)	seizure (si)	garage (gr)
		fissure (fI)
		vision (vIn)
		leisure (li)
	cheers (s)	artichoke (tIk	March (m)
		picture (pIk)	watch (w)
	jump (mp)	major (meI)
	gentle (ntl)	rigid (rIId)	cage (keI)
		badger (b)	bridge (brI)
k	king (kIŋ)	baker (beIk)	pink (pIŋk)
		rocket (rkt	black (blk)
	cold (kld)	October (ktb)	attic (tIk)
	queen (kwin)	equal (ikwl)
		orchid (kId)
		fix (fIks)	cake (keIk)
		broccoli (brkli)
g	good (gd)	August (gst)	drag (drg)
		foggy (fgi)
		exotic (gztIk)
m	May (meI)	humid (hjumd)	ma'am (mm)
		summer (sm)	autumn (tm)
			lamb (lm)
n	no (n)	raining (raInIŋ)	green (grin)
	pneumonia (nmnj)	sunny (sni)	sign (sn)
	knife (naIf)	unknown (nn)	fine (faIn)
ŋ		singer (sIŋ)	spring (sprIŋ)
		pink (pIŋk)
w	winter (wInt)	snowing (snwIŋ)
	what (wt)	nowhere (nw)
	one (wn)
j	yellow (jl)	mayor (meI)
	unite (junIt)	beautiful (bjutIfl)
h	hot (ht)	mishap (mIshp)
l	look (lk)	eleven (lvn)	cool (kl)
	llama (lm)	hello (hl)	fall (fl)
	red (rd)	orange (n)	or ()
		merry (mi)	purr (p)

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