/e/mid frontunroundedtensevowel/ɔr/diphthongtypicallypronouncedas the word"or"/ɝ/mid centralrounded vowelwith /r/ coloringtypicallytranscribed instressed syllables/ʌ/mid centralunroundedvowel typicallytranscribed instressedsyllables/aɪ/diphthongtypicallyproduced inthe word"light"/ɔ/mid backrounded tensevowel which ismerged with /ɑ/for somespeakers/ɪr/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "ear"/ɪ/high frontunroundedlax vowel/ɚ/mid central vowelwith /r/ coloringtypicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/ʊr/rhoticdiphthongtypicallyproduced in theword "pure"/ɑr/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "are"/aʊ/phonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word"house"/æ/low frontunroundedvowel/ɑ/low backunroundedvowel/eɪ/nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "say"/oʊ/nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "low"/i/high frontunroundedtensevowel/ɒ/low back roundedvowel not typicallyproduced inGeneral AmericanEnglish/ɛ/mid frontunroundedlax vowel/ə/unstressed vowelwhich othervowels commonlyreduce to inconnectedconversation/ʊ/high backroundedlax vowel/ɔɪ/diphthongtypicallypronouncedin the word"boy"/a/vowel producedwhen diphthong/aɪ/ ismonophthongized/ɛr/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "heir"/o/mid backrounded tensevowel typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/u/high backroundedtensevowel/e/mid frontunroundedtensevowel/ɔr/diphthongtypicallypronouncedas the word"or"/ɝ/mid centralrounded vowelwith /r/ coloringtypicallytranscribed instressed syllables/ʌ/mid centralunroundedvowel typicallytranscribed instressedsyllables/aɪ/diphthongtypicallyproduced inthe word"light"/ɔ/mid backrounded tensevowel which ismerged with /ɑ/for somespeakers/ɪr/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "ear"/ɪ/high frontunroundedlax vowel/ɚ/mid central vowelwith /r/ coloringtypicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/ʊr/rhoticdiphthongtypicallyproduced in theword "pure"/ɑr/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "are"/aʊ/phonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word"house"/æ/low frontunroundedvowel/ɑ/low backunroundedvowel/eɪ/nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "say"/oʊ/nonphonemicdiphthongtypicallypronounced inthe word "low"/i/high frontunroundedtensevowel/ɒ/low back roundedvowel not typicallyproduced inGeneral AmericanEnglish/ɛ/mid frontunroundedlax vowel/ə/unstressed vowelwhich othervowels commonlyreduce to inconnectedconversation/ʊ/high backroundedlax vowel/ɔɪ/diphthongtypicallypronouncedin the word"boy"/a/vowel producedwhen diphthong/aɪ/ ismonophthongized/ɛr/rhoticdiphthongtypicallypronounced asthe word "heir"/o/mid backrounded tensevowel typicallytranscribed inunstressedsyllables/u/high backroundedtensevowel

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 front unrounded tense vowel
    /e/
  2. diphthong typically pronounced as the word "or"
    /ɔr/
  3. mid central rounded vowel with /r/ coloring typically transcribed in stressed syllables
    /ɝ/
  4. mid central unrounded vowel typically transcribed in stressed syllables
    /ʌ/
  5. diphthong typically produced in the word "light"
    /aɪ/
  6. mid back rounded tense vowel which is merged with /ɑ/ for some speakers
    /ɔ/
  7. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "ear"
    /ɪr/
  8. high front unrounded lax vowel
    /ɪ/
  9. mid central vowel with /r/ coloring typically transcribed in unstressed syllables
    /ɚ/
  10. rhotic diphthong typically produced in the word "pure"
    /ʊr/
  11. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "are"
    /ɑr/
  12. phonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "house"
    /aʊ/
  13. low front unrounded vowel
    /æ/
  14. low back unrounded vowel
    /ɑ/
  15. nonphonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "say"
    /eɪ/
  16. nonphonemic diphthong typically pronounced in the word "low"
    /oʊ/
  17. high front unrounded tense vowel
    /i/
  18. low back rounded vowel not typically produced in General American English
    /ɒ/
  19. mid front unrounded lax vowel
    /ɛ/
  20. unstressed vowel which other vowels commonly reduce to in connected conversation
    /ə/
  21. high back rounded lax vowel
    /ʊ/
  22. diphthong typically pronounced in the word "boy"
    /ɔɪ/
  23. vowel produced when diphthong /aɪ/ is monophthongized
    /a/
  24. rhotic diphthong typically pronounced as the word "heir"
    /ɛr/
  25. mid back rounded tense vowel typically transcribed in unstressed syllables
    /o/
  26. high back rounded tense vowel
    /u/