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The Ria

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Hello

What are the names of phonetic symbols?
I only know the "schwa":oops:
 

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Very few phonetic symbols have names.
 

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Thank you but I feel like I know nothing about english when I try to describe the symbol to the person infront of me
The face he makes at me feels me disappointed :oops:
 

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Some symbols do have names. Some are just letters from various alphabets. From the Latin alphabet:

m em
t tee

From the Greek alphabet

θ theta

From the Old English Latin alphabet:

ð eth
æ ash

But there are others that have names.

ʒ ezh
ʃ esh
ŋ eng
ʌ turned v
ɔ open o

Search Wikipedia if you want a more complete list.
 

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Thank you for the information and I will be searching the wikipedia
 
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