# IPA Pronunciations for ByteWords ## Wolf McNally, Blockchain Commons The following are [International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet) pronunciations for [ByteWords](https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/Research/blob/master/papers/bcr-2020-012-bytewords.md). They were composed by the author, a native American English speaker raised on the West Coast. So in his opinion, they carry minimal or no accent. [YMMV](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ymmv). The stress on the syllables of each word is set to sound natural when said as a list of words, not as naturally spoken within a sentence. You can hear the actual pronunciation by pasting the IPA for a word below into the [IPA Reader](http://ipa-reader.xyz/) site. ## The ByteWords ``` 0x00: able, acid, also, apex, aqua, arch, atom, aunt, 0x08: away, axis, back, bald, barn, belt, beta, bias, 0x10: blue, body, brag, brew, bulb, buzz, calm, cash, 0x18: cats, chef, city, claw, code, cola, cook, cost, 0x20: crux, curl, cusp, cyan, dark, data, days, deli, 0x28: dice, diet, door, down, draw, drop, drum, dull, 0x30: duty, each, easy, echo, edge, epic, even, exam, 0x38: exit, eyes, fact, fair, fern, figs, film, fish, 0x40: fizz, flap, flew, flux, foxy, free, frog, fuel, 0x48: fund, gala, game, gear, gems, gift, girl, glow, 0x50: good, gray, grim, guru, gush, gyro, half, hang, 0x58: hard, hawk, heat, help, high, hill, holy, hope, 0x60: horn, huts, iced, idea, idle, inch, inky, into, 0x68: iris, iron, item, jade, jazz, join, jolt, jowl, 0x70: judo, jugs, jump, junk, jury, keep, keno, kept, 0x78: keys, kick, kiln, king, kite, kiwi, knob, lamb, 0x80: lava, lazy, leaf, legs, liar, limp, lion, list, 0x88: logo, loud, love, luau, luck, lung, main, many, 0x90: math, maze, memo, menu, meow, mild, mint, miss, 0x98: monk, nail, navy, need, news, next, noon, note, 0xa0: numb, obey, oboe, omit, onyx, open, oval, owls, 0xa8: paid, part, peck, play, plus, poem, pool, pose, 0xb0: puff, puma, purr, quad, quiz, race, ramp, real, 0xb8: redo, rich, road, rock, roof, ruby, ruin, runs, 0xc0: rust, safe, saga, scar, sets, silk, skew, slot, 0xc8: soap, solo, song, stub, surf, swan, taco, task, 0xd0: taxi, tent, tied, time, tiny, toil, tomb, toys, 0xd8: trip, tuna, twin, ugly, undo, unit, urge, user, 0xe0: vast, very, veto, vial, vibe, view, visa, void, 0xe8: vows, wall, wand, warm, wasp, wave, waxy, webs, 0xf0: what, when, whiz, wolf, work, yank, yawn, yell, 0xf8: yoga, yurt, zaps, zero, zest, zinc, zone, zoom ``` ## The IPA Pronunciations ``` 0x00: ˈeɪ.bəl, ˈæs.ɪd, ˈɑːl.soʊ, ˈeɪ.peks, ˈɑː.kwə, ɑːrtʃ, ˈæt̬.əm, ɑːnt, 0x08: əˈweɪ, ˈæk.sɪs, bæk, bɔːld, bɑːrn, belt, ˈbeɪ.t̬ə, ˈbaɪ.əs, 0x10: bluː, ˈbɑː.di, bræɡ, bru:, bʌlb, bʌz, kɑ:m, kæʃ, 0x18: kæts, ʃef, ˈsɪt̬.i, klɑː, ˈkoʊd, ˈkoʊ.lə, kʊk, kɑːst, 0x20: ˈkrʌks, ˈkɝːl, ˈkʌsp, saɪˈæːn, ˈdɑːrk, ˈdeɪ.t̬ə, ˈdeɪz, ˈdel.i, 0x28: ˈdaɪs, ˈdaɪ.ət, dɔːr, daʊn, ˈdrɑː, ˈdrɑːp, drʌm, dʌl, 0x30: ˈduː.t̬i, ˈiːtʃ, ˈiː.zi, ˈek.oʊ, ˈɛdʒ, ˈɛp.ɪk, ˈiː.vən, ɪɡˈzæm, 0x38: ˈek.sɪt, ˈaɪz, ˈfækt, ˈfeɪr, ˈfɝn, ˈfɪɡz, ˈfɪlm, ˈfɪʃ, 0x40: ˈfɪz, flæp, ˈfluː, ˈflʌks, ˈfɑːk.si, ˈfriː, ˈfrɑːɡ, ˈfjuː.əl, 0x48: ˈfʌnd, ˈɡeɪ.lə, ˈɡeɪm, ˈɡɪr, ˈdʒemz, ˈɡɪft, ˈɡɝːl, ˈɡloʊ, 0x50: ˈɡʊd, ˈɡreɪ, ˈɡrɪm, ˈɡʊr.uː, ˈɡʌʃ, ˈdʒaɪ.roʊ, ˈhæf, ˈhæŋ, 0x58: ˈhɑːrd, ˈhɑːk, ˈhiːt, ˈhelp, ˈhaɪ, ˈhɪl, ˈhoʊ.li, ˈhoʊp, 0x60: ˈhɔːrn, ˈhʌtz, ˈaɪst, aɪˈdiː.ə, ˈaɪ.dəl, ˈɪntʃ, ˈɪŋki, ˈɪn.tuː, 0x68: ˈaɪ.rɪs, ˈaɪrn, ˈaɪ.t̬əm, ˈdʒeɪd, ˈdʒæz, ˈdʒɔɪn, ˈdʒoʊlt, ˈdʒaʊl, 0x70: ˈdʒuː.doʊ, ˈdʒʌɡz, ˈdʒʌmp, ˈdʒʌŋk, ˈdʒʊr.i, ˈkiːp, ˈkiː.noʊ, ˈkept, 0x78: ˈkiːz, ˈkɪk, ˈkɪln, ˈkɪŋ, ˈkaɪt, ˈkiː.wiː, ˈnɑːb, ˈlæm, 0x80: ˈlɑː.və, ˈleɪ.zi, ˈliːf, ˈleɡz, ˈlaɪ.ɚ, ˈlɪmp, ˈlaɪ.ən, ˈlɪst, 0x88: ˈloʊ.ɡoʊ, ˈlaʊd, ˈlʌv, ˈluː.aʊ, ˈlʌk, ˈlʌŋ, ˈmeɪn, ˈmen.i, 0x90: ˈmæθ, ˈmeɪz, ˈmem.əʊ, ˈmen.juː, ˌmiːˈaʊ, ˈmaɪld, ˈmɪnt, ˈmɪs, 0x98: ˈmʌŋk, ˈneɪl, ˈneɪ.vi, ˈniːd, nuːz, ˈnekst, ˈnuːn, ˈnoʊt, 0xa0: ˈnʌm, oʊˈbeɪ, ˈoʊ.boʊ, oʊˈmɪt, ˈɑː.nɪks, ˈoʊ.pən, ˈoʊ.vəl, ˈaʊlz, 0xa8: ˈpeɪd, ˈpɑːrt, ˈpek, ˈpleɪ, ˈplʌs, ˈpoʊ.əm, ˈpuːl, ˈpoʊz, 0xb0: ˈpʌf, ˈpuː.mə, ˈpɝː, ˈkwɑːd, ˈkwɪz, ˈreɪs, ˈræmp, ˈriː.əl, 0xb8: riːˈduː, ˈrɪtʃ, ˈroʊd, ˈrɑːk, ˈruːf, ˈruː.bi, ˈruː.ɪn, ˈrʌnz, 0xc0: ˈrʌst, ˈseɪf, ˈsɑː.ɡə, ˈskɑːr, ˈsetz, ˈsɪlk, ˈskjuː, ˈslɑːt, 0xc8: ˈsoʊp, ˈsoʊ.loʊ, ˈsɑːŋ, ˈstʌb, ˈsɝːf, ˈswɑːn, ˈtɑː.koʊ, ˈtæsk, 0xd0: ˈtæk.si, ˈtent, ˈtaɪd, ˈtaɪm, ˈtaɪ.ni, ˈtɔɪl, ˈtuːm, ˈtɔɪz, 0xd8: ˈtrɪp, ˈtuː.nə, ˈtwɪn, ˈʌɡ.li, ʌnˈduː, ˈjuː.nɪt, ˈɝːdʒ, ˈjuː.zɚ, 0xe0: ˈvæst, ˈver.i, ˈviː.t̬oʊ, ˈvaɪl, ˈvaɪb, ˈvjuː, ˈviː.zə, ˈvɔɪd, 0xe8: ˈvaʊz, ˈwɑːl, ˈwɑːnd, ˈwɔːrm, ˈwɑːsp, ˈweɪv, ˈwæk.si, ˈwebz, 0xf0: ˈwɑːt, ˈwen, ˈwɪz, ˈwʊlf, ˈwɝːk, ˈjæŋk, ˈjɑːn, ˈjel, 0xf8: ˈjoʊ.ɡə, ˈjɝːt, ˈzæpz, ˈzɪr.oʊ, ˈzest, ˈzɪŋk, ˈzoʊn, ˈzuːm ```