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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Romanian
See Romanian phonology and Romanian alphabet for a more thorough look at the sounds of Romanian.
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| Consonants |
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| IPA | Examples in Romanian | English approximation |
| b |
ban | about |
| d |
dop | today |
| dʒ[1] |
ger | gender |
| f |
foc | face |
| ɡ |
gol, unghie | again |
| 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 |
rac, mare |
curd (Scottish English) |
| s |
sare | sun |
| ʃ |
șarpe | shape |
| t |
tare | stop |
| ts[1] |
țară | cats |
| tʃ[1] |
cer | choose |
| v |
val, watt | voice |
| z |
zid | zone |
| ʒ |
jar | measure |
| Non-native consonants |
| ɲ |
Saligny | roughly like canyon |
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| Vowels |
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| IPA | Examples in Romanian | English approximation |
| a |
apă | roughly like father |
| e |
erou | roughly like bet |
| ə |
română | about |
| i |
inel, mie | beet |
| ɨ |
înspre, cârnat | roses (for some English dialects) |
| o |
oraș | law (British English) |
| u | uda, dual | fool |
| Non-native vowels |
| ɑ̃ |
Henri | rendez-vous, roughly like on |
| ɛ̃ |
chemin de fer | coq au vin, roughly like man |
| ø |
bleu, loess, chemin de fer | roughly like sir |
| y |
ecru, fürer | roughly like few |
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| Semivowels[3] |
| IPA | Examples in Romanian | English approximation |
| j |
iarnă, creioane, rai, yoga |
you or boy |
| w |
băcăuan, dulău, Twitter |
wine or cow |
| Diphthongs[3] |
| e̯a |
beată, Andreea |
short [e] followed by full [a]; similar to yard |
| e̯o |
vreo |
short [e] followed by full [o]; similar to yawn |
| o̯a |
foarte, găoace |
short [o] followed by full [a]; similar to wagon |
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| Other symbols |
| IPA |
Examples | Explanation |
| ˈ |
dulău [duˈləw] |
primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable) |
| ˌ |
extraordinar [ˌekstra.ordiˈnar] |
secondary stress |
| . |
mie [ˈmi.e] |
syllable marker, generally used between vowels in hiatus |
| ʲ[4] |
rupi [ˈrupʲ] |
palatalization (placed after the palatalized consonant) |
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