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[Luminal]

Hi there!
I need your help for the phonetic transcription of the two following words:

ARE [a:*] and YOUR [jɔ:*]
I put in brakets the phonetic transcription I found in my dictionary.

My English teachers always told me to use the * symbol for sounds ending a long /r/, like the two words above.

The problem is that my linguistics teacher told me that the * symbol is not use in the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). In his opinion, the word ARE sounds like [ɑ:] and YOUR like [jɔ:].

Who knows which one is the correct transcription? Any suggestions or ideas?
Thanks in adavance!
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[buddhaheart]

IPA suggested the use of the diacritic asterisk (*) as a prefix to indicate a word that�s a proper name. This suggestion is not followed. It�s not used as a phonetic symbol. We don�t use it here.

The IPA transcription for �are� is /{Cardinal vowel #5}:r/ and �your� /j{upsilon}r/ where upsilon is a near-close back unrounded vowel, between CV #7 & 8. This is how we usually pronounce �are� and �your� in this country.

I believe your �a:� is the CV #5 (script A), the square is the upsilon and �*� is the consonant �r�. Judging from your last transcription, I got a feeling you do not pronounce the end �r�. That�s fine. We usually do here in N. America.