IPA | listen | VLACH | phonetic description | example (translation) |
a | ▶ | Aa | near-open central unrounded | ásta (this) |
b | ▶ | Bb | voiced bilabial plosive | bárbă (beard) |
c | ▶ | K'k' | voiceless palatal plosive | ok' (eyes) |
ɕ | ▶ | Śś | voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant | mold. fáśe (do) |
d | ▶ | Dd | voiced alveolar plosive | dínte (tooth) |
d' | | D'd' | voiced alveolar palatalized plosive | Mold. d'ínt'i (tooth) |
d͡z | ▶ | Ḑḑ | voiced alveolar sibilant affricate | reg. ḑîc (I say) |
d͡ʒ | ▶ | Ǧǧ | voiced palato-alveolar affricate | ǧam (glas) |
d͡ʑ | ▶ | Ǵǵ | voiced alveolo-palatal affricate | Boya. śîǵέ (he/she sat) |
e | ▶ | Ee | close-mid front unrounded vowel | mérǧe (you go) |
ə | ▶ | Ăă | mid central unrounded vowel | cásă (house) |
ɛ | ▶ | Ɛɛ | open-mid front unrounded vowel | reg. ľεmn (wood) |
f | ▶ | Ff | voiceless labiodental fricative | făínă (wheat) |
ɟ | ▶ | G'g' | voiced palatal plosive | g'ață (ice) |
ɡ | ▶ | Gg | voiced velar plosive | slúgă (slave) |
h | ▶ | Hh | voiceless glottal fricative | hránă (food) |
i | ▶ | Ii | close front unrounded vowel | dínte (tooth) |
ɪ | ▶ | ɪɪ | near-close near-front unrounded | mold. védɪ (he/she sees) |
ɨ | ▶ | Îî | close central unrounded vowel | rî́u (river) |
j | --- | Ĭĭ | palatal semi-vowel | ĭéste (he/she is) |
j | ▶ | Jj | palatal approximant | reg. jo (I) |
k | ▶ | Cc | voiceless velar plosive | cásă (house) |
l | ▶ | Ll | alveolar lateral approximant | lup (wolf) |
ɫ | ▶ | Ɫɫ | velarized alveolar lateral approx. | mold. ɫup (wolf) |
ʎ | ▶ | L'l' | palatal lateral approximant | reg. ľεmn (wood) |
m | ▶ | Mm | bilabial nasal | máre (big) |
mʲ | | Ḿḿ | bilabial palatalized nasal | Ban. ḿáre (honey) |
n | ▶ | Nn | alveolar nasal | náre (nose) |
ɲ | ▶ | Ńń | palatal nasal | bań (money) |
ŋ | ▶ | Ŋŋ | velar nasal | î́ŋcă (still) |
o (ɔ) | ▶ | Oo | (close-)mid back rounded vowel | foc (fire) |
ɔ | ▶ | Ɔɔ | open-mid back rounded vowel | Ard. ţɔ́le (blankets) |
ɤ | ▶ | Îî | close-mid back unrounded | reg. pî́ine (bread) |
p | ▶ | Pp | voiceless bilabial plosive | lúpul (the wolf) |
r | ▶ | Rr | alveolar trill | réče (cold) |
rʲ | | Ŕŕ | alveolar palatalized trill | lumănắŕ (candles) |
ʀ | ▶ | Ʀʀ | uvular fricative | ind. ʀéče (cold) |
s | ▶ | Ss | voiceless alveolar sibilant | cásă (house) |
ʃ | ▶ | Șș | voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant | úșă (door) |
t | ▶ | Tt | voiceless alveolar plosive | sfátul (the advice) |
t' | ▶ | T't' | voiceless palatal-alveolar plosive | Ard. copt'í (children) |
t͡s | ▶ | Țț | voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate | puțín (few) |
t͡ʃ | ▶ | Čč | voiceless palato-alveolar affricate | če (what) |
t̠͡ɕ | ▶ | Ćć | voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate | Ban. fraće (brother) |
u | ▶ | Uu | close back rounded vowel | bun (good) |
v | ▶ | Vv | voiced labiodental fricative | vále (valley) |
w | ▶ | Ŭŭ | voiced labio-velar approximant | cafeáŭă (coffee) |
z | ▶ | Zz | voiced alveolar sibilant | văzút (seen) |
ʑ | ▶ | Źź | voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant | Boya. źos (down) |
ʒ | ▶ | Žž | voiced palato-alveolar sibilant | žos (down) |