Romanian phonology
Sounds and pronunciation of the Romanian language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the phonology of the Romanian language, the phoneme inventory consists of seven vowels, two or four semivowels (different views exist), and twenty consonants. In addition, as with other languages, other phonemes can occur occasionally in interjections or recent borrowings.
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Main article: Romanian language
See also: Romanian alphabet
Notable features of Romanian include two unusual diphthongs /e̯a/ and /o̯a/ and the central vowel /ɨ/.