User:Ghoti/Advanced pronunciation exercises: /juː/ and /uː/

This page shows the sounds /juː/, /uː/ and /jə/ when they are spelled "u", "ue", "ui", "ew", and "eu".

Normally the choice of /juː/ or /uː/ depends on the previous consonant. When a consonant has values in two or more columns, the outlier column is highlighted in yellow. Exceptions are highlighted in red.

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In this table excepting coloured cells, u sounds /juː/.

This table is very complete, and therefore it has uncommon words.

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In this table excepting coloured cells, u sounds /juː/ in some accents and /uː/ in others.

/juː/ in a yellow cell means always /juː/, including yod-dropping accents.

/dʒ, l, r, ʃ, tʃ, ʒ/
See The yod /j/: Palatalise it or drop it!

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In this table "u" and "ew" sound /uː/