The following speech sounds are not usually considered native to English, and occur only in loanwords and foreign proper names. They are frequently realized by English speakers with some other, more familiar sound, given in the rightmost column of each table.
| Consonants | ||
|---|---|---|
| ç | ich (German) | ʃ, k |
| ɬ | Llanfair (Welsh) | l |
| ʎ | Cagliari (Italian) | lj, liː |
| ɲ | magnificat (Modern Latin) | ɡn, nj |
| ʀ/ʁ | Rathaus (German) rouge (French) | r |
| ɣ | Van Gogh (Dutch) | ɡ |
| x/χ | loch (Scots) ach (German) chutzpah (Yiddish) Chanukah (Hebrew) | k (medial), h (initial) |
| Vowels | ||
|---|---|---|
| a | wann (German) | æ |
| aː | Bahn (German) | ɑː |
| ɐ | Wirtschaftswunder (German) | ər |
| ɑ̃ | anglais (French) | ɑːn, ɑːŋ |
| ɛ̃ | cinq (French) | ɑːn, ɑːŋ |
| o | mot (French) | əʊ, ɔːo, ɔ, ɑ |
| ɔ̃ | bon (French) | ɒn, ɒŋɔn, ɔŋ |
| ø | jeu (French) | ə, ɜː, ʊ |
| øː | Goethe (German) | ɜːər |
| y | über (German) du (French) | uː |
| ʏ | Müller (German) | ʊ |