Non-exhaustive RP Correspondences for Ponto

Non-exhaustive RP is a scoring system designed for young writers of non-rhotic varieties of English, especially English Received Pronunciation. It is meant to be run with Insertion penalty to 0. The stimuli are phonemic IPA transcriptions.

The following table illustrates the phonetic transcription system used in the eng-rp-nonex method:

stimulus	response	penalty	Example
ɑ	a	0	father	fɑðə
ɑ	r	0	far	fɑ; (letter name)
ɒ	o	0	dog	dɒg
ɒ	a	0	wad	wɒd
ʌ	u	0	cup	kʌp
ʌ	o	0	son	sʌn
æ	a	0	add	æd
aɪ	i	0	find	faɪnd
aɪ	y	0	my	maɪ
aɪə	i	0	firing	faɪrɪŋ
aʊ	ou	0	out	aʊt
aʊ	o	.2	ou sans u
aʊ	u	.2	ou sans o
aʊ	ow	0	now	naʊ
aʊ	w	.2	ow sans w
aʊ	au	0	sauerkraut	saʊəkraʊt
aʊ	ao	.1	split diphthong
aʊə	ow	0	flowery	flaʊəri
b	b	0	bit	bɪt
b	p	.1	devoiced b
d	d	0	do	du
d	t	.1	devoiced d
d	j	.1	retracted: dream	drim
d	g	.1	retracted: dream	drim
d	ch	.2	devoiced j
ð	th	0	then	ðɛn
ð	t	.2	th sans h
ð	h	.3	th sans t
d͡ʒ	j	0	jump	d͡ʒʌmp
d͡ʒ	g	0	gem, cage	d͡ʒɛm ked͡ʒ
d͡ʒ	ds	.1	split affricate
d͡ʒ	s	.3	ds sans d
d͡ʒ	ch	.1	devoiced
d͡ʒ	c	.3	ch sans h
d͡ʒ	h	.4	ch sans c
d͡ʒ	ts	.2	devoiced split
d͡ʒ	t	.4	ts sans s
d͡ʒ	s	.4	ts sans t
e	a	0	ape	ep
e	e	0	weight	wet
ə	a	0	about	əbaʊt
ə	e	0	raven	revən
ə	o	0	police	pəlis
ə	u	0	callus	kæləs
ə	r	0	fire	faɪə
əl	le	0	able	ebəl
əm	m	0	prism	prɪzəm
ɛ	e	0	tent, there	tɛnt, ðɛə
ɛ	a	0	any, care	ɛni, kɛr
ɛə	a	0	fairy	fɛəri
ɜ	er	0	fern	fɜn
ɜ	ir	0	bird	bɜd
ɜ	or	0	word	wɜd
ɜ	ur	0	hurt	hɜt
ɜ	r	.1	dropped vowel
f	f	0	foe	fo
f	gh	0	cough	kɒf
f	g	.2	gh sans h
f	h	.3	gh/ph sans g/p
f	ph	0	phone	fon
f	p	2	ph sans h
f	v	.1	voiced
ɡ	g	0	go	ɡo
ɡ	c	.1	devoiced
ɡ	k	.1	devoiced
ɡ	q	.1	devoiced
ɡz	x	0	exact	ɪɡzækt
h	h	0	hot	hɒt
i	e	0	eat	it
i	y	0	pretty	prɪti
ɪ	i	0	id	ɪd
ɪ	e	0	cheer, evade	tʃɪə, ɪved
ɪə	e	0	cheery	tʃɪəri
j	y	0	yes	jɛs
ju	u	0	cute, feud, beauty	kjut, fjud, bjuti
ju	ew	0	few	fju
ju	e	.2	ew sans w
ju	w	.2	ew sans e
jɔ	ur	0	pure	pjɔ
k	c	0	cod	kɒd
k	k	0	keep	kip
k	q	0	quick	kwɪk
k	g	.1	unaspirated: skit	skɪt
ks	x	0	ox	ɒks
l	l	0	love	lʌv
m	m	0	me	mi
n	n	0	not	nɒt
ŋ	n	0	sing, sink	sɪŋ, sɪŋk
o	o	0	open	opən
ɔ	or	0	horse	hɔs
ɔ	o	0	broad	brɔd
ɔ	a	0	caught, wall	kɔt, wɔl
ɔɪ	oi	0	noise	nɔɪz
ɔɪ	oy	0	boy	bɔɪ
ɔɪ	o	.2	oi/oy sans i/y
ɔɪ	i	.3	oi sans o
ɔɪ	y	.3	oy sans o
ɔɪ	ai	.1	split diphthong
ɔɪ	ay	.1	split diphthong
p	p	0	pit	pɪt
p	b	.1	unaspirated: spy	spaɪ
r	r	0	read	rid
s	s	0	see	si
s	c	0	cell	sɛl
s	z	0	blitz	blɪts
ʃ	s	0	she, sugar	ʃi, ʃʊɡə
ʃ	c	0	special	spɛʃəl
ʃ	t	0	nation	neʃən
t	t	0	toy	tɔɪ
t	c	.1	retracted: tree	tri
t	d	.1	unaspirated: sty	staɪ
t	g	.1	unaspirated retracted: stream	strim
t	j	.1	unaspirated retracted: stream	strim
t͡ʃ	ch	0	chips	t͡ʃɪps
t͡ʃ	c	.2	ch sans h
t͡ʃ	h	.3	ch sans c
t͡ʃ	t	0	nature	net͡ʃə
t͡ʃ	ts	.1	split affricate
t͡ʃ	s	.3	ts sans t
t͡ʃ	j	.1	voiced
t͡ʃ	g	.1	voiced
t͡ʃ	ds	.2	split /d͡ʒ/
t͡ʃ	d	.4	ds sans s
t͡ʃ	s	.4	ds sans d
u	o	0	move, ooze	muv, uz
u	u	0	rude	rud
u	ew	0	drew	dru
u	e	.2	ew sans w
u	w	.2	ew sans e
ʊ	o	0	book, woman	bʊk, wʊmən
ʊ	u	0	put	pʊt
v	v	0	vie	vaɪ
v	f	0	(of)	əv
w	w	0	wide	waɪd
wʌ	o	0	one	wʌn
z	z	0	zoo	zu
z	s	0	is	ɪz
z	x	0	xerox	zɪərɒks
z	c	0	devoiced
ʒ	s	0	pleasure	plɛʒə
ʒ	g	0	rouge	ruʒ
ʒ	c	.1	devoiced
ʒ	t	.1	devoiced
θ	th	0	thin	θɪn
θ	t	.2	th sans h
θ	h	.3	th sans t

This list is based on words from Zeno et al.’s Educators Word Frequency Guide. It uses the words where the WFG breaks the statistics down by grade, and the word is found in one of the grades between kindergarten and Grade 12, inclusive. A few low-frequency correspondences were omitted, such as "u" as /ɛ/ in bury. It is recommended that you run the correct spellings through Ponto, and if they come out as erroneous, either check the transcription or add an ad-hoc correspondence.