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[light87]

Hi all teachers.
I have read that the real IPA of air is eɝː not er.
Thank you.

[Tdol]

Who says it's /er/?

[light87]

Hi it is from Cambridge dictionary

Thank you

[Tdol]

Cambridge Dictionaries use their own system. It's not the IPA. Here is the full list of symbols they use:
Help - Cambridge Dictionary Online

Dictionaries try to write things in a way that is clear to readers, so they don't always use the IPA.

[light87]

Hi but the problem is the sound is air so here r is used as consonant but in my course or prounicitation jenifier ESL, it is used as vowel so the sound ɝː (cambride use this sound also).
Thank you

[5jj]

Hi but the problem is the sound is air so here r is used as consonant but in my course or prounicitation jenifier ESL, it is used as vowel so the sound ɝː (cambride use this sound also).
Thank you

The sound at the end of the word 'air' is not a true consonant in most varieties of English, even when followed by a vowel sound. The 'meaning' of any transcription can be understood fully only by reading the transcriber's notes. Three dictionaries may well use different symbols for sounds that are pronounced in exactly the same way.

[light87]

HI thank you for your help.
In Cambridge dictionary they use r when it is consonant and ɝ it is vowel,but in air r is vowel !
Thank you

[5jj]

In a Cambridge dictionary they use /r/ when it is a consonant and /ɝ/ when it is vowel,spacebut in 'air' r is a vowel !

Which Cambridge Dictionary are you talking about?

Here, air noun (GAS) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online it is: /eər /[IMG]file:///C:/Users/jed/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif[/IMG]/er/


Here, air n ((GAS)) - definition in American English Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary Online it is /eər/


In my Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary it is /eə^r /.

Where did you find /ɝ/?

[light87]

Hi thank you.
I've found /ɝ/ in mother when it American pronunciation.
Thank you

[5jj]

I've found /ɝ/ in mother when it American pronunciation.

You need to say which dictionary you found it in if you want us to comment. Without that information, we do not know what sound the compiler of the dictionary intends the symbol to represent.