Phonemic chart of Australian vowels

Short vowels	ɪ	ʊ	a	ɔ	ə	æ	e
Short vowels	kit	foot	strut	lot - cloth	comma - letter	trap - lad	dress

Long vowels	iː	ʉː	aː	oː	ɜː	æː
Long vowels	fleece - happy	goose	bath - car palm	thought - north force - sure	nurse	bad

Diphthongs	ɪə	əʉ	ɑe	oɪ	eː	æɔ	æɪ
Diphthongs	near	goat	price	choice	square	mouth	face

The /ʊə/ phoneme has disappeared from Australian speech. It has been split into the THOUGHT vowel [oː] and the disyllabic sequence [ʉə].

The /əʊ/ phoneme sounds [ɔʊ] before /l/. This means that goat /gəʊt/ [gəʉt] and goal /gəʊl/ [gɔʊl] have significantly different diphthongs.

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