How To Pronounce Birth
birth
UK
Phonemic
/bɜːθ/
Phonetic
[bɜːʴθ]
US
Phonemic
/bɜːrθ/
In British English, birth is pronounced /bɜːθ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [bɜːʴθ]. In American English, it is pronounced /bɜːrθ/.
Birth has one syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.
Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.
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