/ə/mid centralvowel with /r/coloring typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/ʌ/mid centralunroundedvowel typicallytranscribed instressedsyllables/əʊ/mid backrounded tensevowel which ismerged with /ɑ/for somespeakers/æ/low frontunroundedvowel/e/mid frontunroundedlax vowelFree!nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "say"/ɔ:/diphthongtypicallypronouncedas the word"or"/ɒ/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "are"/ɪ/low backunroundedvowel/ʊ/diphthongtypicallyproduced inthe word"light"/ɪə/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "ear"/ɜ:/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "heir"/u:/high backroundedtensevowel/i:/phonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word"house"/eə/high backroundedlax vowel/ʊə/high frontunroundedlax vowel/aʊ//eɪ/high frontunroundedtensevowel/oʊ/nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "low"/ɔɪ/mid backrounded tensevowel typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/ɑ:/unstressed vowelwhich othervowels commonlyreduce to inconnectedconversation/ə/mid centralvowel with /r/coloring typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/ʌ/mid centralunroundedvowel typicallytranscribed instressedsyllables/əʊ/mid backrounded tensevowel which ismerged with /ɑ/for somespeakers/æ/low frontunroundedvowel/e/mid frontunroundedlax vowelFree!nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "say"/ɔ:/diphthongtypicallypronouncedas the word"or"/ɒ/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "are"/ɪ/low backunroundedvowel/ʊ/diphthongtypicallyproduced inthe word"light"/ɪə/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "ear"/ɜ:/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "heir"/u:/high backroundedtensevowel/i:/phonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word"house"/eə/high backroundedlax vowel/ʊə/high frontunroundedlax vowel/aʊ//eɪ/high frontunroundedtensevowel/oʊ/nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "low"/ɔɪ/mid backrounded tensevowel typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/ɑ:/unstressed vowelwhich othervowels commonlyreduce to inconnectedconversation

IPA VOWEL BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. mid central vowel with /r/ coloring typically transcribed in unstressed syllables
    /ə/
  2. mid central unrounded vowel typically transcribed in stressed syllables
    /ʌ/
  3. mid back rounded tense vowel which is merged with /ɑ/ for some speakers
    /əʊ/
  4. low front unrounded vowel
    /æ/
  5. mid front unrounded lax vowel
    /e/
  6. nonphonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "say"
    Free!
  7. diphthong typically pronounced as the word "or"
    /ɔ:/
  8. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "are"
    /ɒ/
  9. low back unrounded vowel
    /ɪ/
  10. diphthong typically produced in the word "light"
    /ʊ/
  11. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "ear"
    /ɪə/
  12. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "heir"
    /ɜ:/
  13. high back rounded tense vowel
    /u:/
  14. phonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "house"
    /i:/
  15. high back rounded lax vowel
    /eə/
  16. high front unrounded lax vowel
    /ʊə/
  17. /aʊ/
  18. high front unrounded tense vowel
    /eɪ/
  19. nonphonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "low"
    /oʊ/
  20. mid back rounded tense vowel typically transcribed in unstressed syllables
    /ɔɪ/
  21. unstressed vowel which other vowels commonly reduce to in connected conversation
    /ɑ:/