IPA | listen | VLACH | phonetic description | example (translation) |
a (ɑ) | ▶ | Aa | (near-)open central unrounded vowel | májka (mother) |
æ | ▶ | Ɛɛ | near-open front unrounded vowel | cra. pɛ́tok (Friday) |
b | ▶ | Bb | voiced bilabial plosive | bába (old lady) |
c | ▶ | K'k' | voiceless palatal stop | k'íša (rain) |
ç | ▶ | H'h' | voiceless palatal fricative | h'íljada (thousand) |
ɕ | ▶ | Śś | voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant | ɕto (what) |
d | ▶ | Dd | voiced alveolar plosive | dúgo (long) |
d͡ʒ | ▶ | Dždž | voiced palato-alveolar affricate | džep (bag) |
e, ɛ | ▶ | Ee (ε) | (open-)mid front unrounded | c(j)éna (price) |
ə | ▶ | Əə | schwa | cra. rékəl (he said) |
f | ▶ | Ff | voiceless labiodental fricative | fála (thanks) |
dʑ | ▶ | Đđ | voiced alveolo-palatal affricate | đak (pupil) |
ɡ | ▶ | Gg | voiced velar plosive | gláva (head) |
h | ▶ | Hh | voiceless glottal fricative | hájdemo (come on) |
i | ▶ | Ii | close front unrounded vowel | čisto (clean) |
ɨ | ▶ | Yy | close central unrounded vowel | cra. sýnce (sun) |
j | ▶ | Jj | palatal approximant | jábuka (apple) |
k | ▶ | Kk | voiceless velar plosive | kúća (house) |
l | ▶ | Ll | alveolar lateral approximant | áli (but) |
ɫ | ▶ | Ɫɫ | velarized alveolar lateral appr. | míɫo (nice) |
ʎ | ▶ | L'l' | palatal lateral approximant | l'úbav (love) |
m | ▶ | Mm | bilabial nasal | móre (sea) |
n | ▶ | Nn | alveolar nasal | nos (nose) |
ŋ | ▶ | Ŋŋ | velar nasal | báŋka (bank) |
ɲ | ▶ | N'n' | palatal nasal | kon' (horse) |
o, ɔ | ▶ | Oo | close-mid (open-mid) back rounded vowel | sol (salt) |
p | ▶ | Pp | voiceless bilabial plosive | pet (five) |
r | ▶ | Rr | alveolar trill | rádi (he/she works) |
s | ▶ | Ss | voiceless alveolar sibilant | sol (salt) |
ʃ, ʂ | ▶ | Šš | voiceless palato-alveolar (retroflex) sibilant | šuma (forest) |
t | ▶ | Tt | voiceless alveolar plosive | tájna (secret) |
t͡s | ▶ | Cc | voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate | cr̩kva (church) |
t͡ʃ | ▶ | Čč | voiceless palato-alveolar affricate | čékati (wait) |
t̠͡ɕ | ▶ | Ćć | voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate | ćup (jug, jar) |
u | ▶ | Uu | close back rounded vowel | put (way) |
v | ▶ | Vv | voiced labiodental fricative | víno (wine) |
x | ▶ | Xx | voiceless velar fricative | xir (caprice) |
z | ▶ | Zz | voiced alveolar sibilant | zíma (winter) |
ʑ | ▶ | Źź | voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant | mne. źénica (pupil) |
ʒ | ▶ | Žž | voiced palato-alveolar sibilant | žuta (yellow) |
ˌ | l̩ n̩ r̩ | syllabic consonant | bicíkl̩ (bike), sr̩pski (Serbian) |
Tones (example /e/)
e | non-tonic short vowel | sezóna |
eː | non-tonic long vowel | uzéːti |
ě | short vowel with rising tone | djě́ca |
ěː | long vowel with rising tone | krě́ːda |
ê | short vowel with falling tone | sjếme |
êː | long vowel with falling tone | rȇːp |
Abbreviations
mne. | Montenegrin |
cra. | Crashovan |