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English Pronunciation: Vowel ~ The letter U

The English letter U is a vowel and has several pronunciations.

The table below lists the IPA* symbol and the standard (Std) symbol used to describe the sounds of the letter U. The phonetic transcription of each word is in parentheses.

Click on the sample words to listen to the sound files. Pay attention to the sound of the letters in bold.

*Name*	*IPA*	*Std*	*Examples*
short u		ŭ	us (s)	summer (sm)

long u	u	ū		Tuesday (tuzdeI)

				put (pt)

schwa				focus (fks)

	ju	yū	unite (junt)	humid (hjumId)

*IPA stands for International Phonetic Alphabet. Learn more about phonetics and the IPA.

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