Phonetic notation of the American Heritage Dictionary

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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (abbreviated AHD) uses a phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet to transcribe the pronunciation of spoken English. It and similar respelling systems, such as those used by the Merriam-Webster and Random House dictionaries, are familiar to US schoolchildren.

The following tables show the AHD representations of English phonemes, along with the IPA equivalents as used on Wikipedia.

Video Phonetic notation of the American Heritage Dictionary

Vowels

In general, long vowels are marked with a macron, and short vowels with a breve. A circumflex may also be used to indicate a pre-rhotic vowel. Usage of other symbols vary.

Maps Phonetic notation of the American Heritage Dictionary

Consonants

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Suprasegmentals

Stress is indicated by a prime character following stressed syllables. The character is in boldface when it indicates primary stress.

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See also

• Pronunciation respelling for English
• International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia