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Consonants
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
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b
|
ban |
boy
| d
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dop |
day
| d͡ʒ[1] |
ger
|
jeep
| f
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foc |
face
| ɡ
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gol, unghie |
good
| h
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horn |
hat
| k
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cal, chip, kilogram, quasar |
skip
| l
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lună |
love
| m
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mic |
moon
| n
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nor |
name
| ŋ[2] |
lung |
long
| p
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pas |
span
| r[3] |
rac, mare
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trilled r
| s
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sare |
sun
| ʃ
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șarpe |
shape
| t
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tare |
stop
| t͡s[1] |
țară |
cats
| t͡ʃ[1] |
cer |
chest
| v
|
val, watt |
voice
| z
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zid |
zone
| ʒ
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jar |
measure
| Marginal consonants
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ɲ
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Saligny |
canyon
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Vowels
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
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a
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apă |
father
| e[4] |
erou |
play (Yorkshire dialect)
| ə
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română |
about
| i
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inel, mie |
beet
| ɨ
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înspre, cârnat/cîrnat |
roses (for some dialects)
| o[4] |
oraș |
coat (Yorkshire dialect)
| u |
uda, dual |
soon
| Marginal vowels
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ø[4] |
bleu, loess |
French ceux
| y
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ecru, fürer |
French lune
| ɑ̃
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Henri |
French danse
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| Semivowels[5] |
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
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j
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iarnă, creioane, rai, yacht
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you or boy
| w
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băcăuan, dulău, tweeter
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wine or cow
| Diphthongs[5] |
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e̯a
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beată
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short [e] followed by full [a]
| e̯o
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vreo
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short [e] followed by full [o]
| o̯a
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foarte, găoace
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short [o] followed by full [a]
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| Other symbols
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IPA
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Examples |
Explanation
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ˈ
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dulău [duˈləw]
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Main stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
| ˌ
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extraordinar [ˌekstra.ordiˈnar]
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Secondary stress
| .
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mie [ˈmi.e]
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Syllable marker, generally used between vowels in hiatus
| ʲ
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rupi [ˈrupʲ]
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Palatalization (placed after the palatalized consonant)
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