Phonetics
Vowels
British English (BBC accent) is generally described as having short vowels, long vowels and diphthongs. There are said to be seven short vowels, five long ones and eight diphthongs.
Short vowels:
pit pet pat putt pot put another
ɪ e æ ʌ ɒ ʊ ǝ ǝ
Long vowels:
bean barn born boon burn
iː ɑː ɔː uː ɜː
Diphthongs:
bay buy boy no now peer pair poor
eɪ ai ɔɪ ǝʊ aʊ ɪǝ eǝ ʊǝ
Consonants
Plosives:
p b t d k g
pin bin tin din kin gum
Affricates:
ʧ ʤ
chain Jane
Fricatives:
f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h
fine vine think this seal zeal sheep measure how
Nasals:
m n ŋ
sum sun sung
Approximants:
l r w j
light right wet yet
Source: A little encyclopedia of phonetics, Peter Roach, Professor of Phonetics, University of Reading, UK. (pdf)