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