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# 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
```