IPA  listen  VLACH phonetic descriptionexample (translation)
a▶Aanear-open central unroundedcásă (house)
b▶Bbvoiced bilabial plosivebag (I put)
c▶Kʲkʲvoiceless palatal plosivekʲári (he/she loses)
ç▶Hʲhʲvoiceless palatal fricativehʲári, hʲḙári (gall)
ɕ▶Śśvoiceless alveolo-palatal sibilantind. úśă (door)
d▶Ddvoiced alveolar plosivedínti (tooth)
ð▶Δδvoiced dental fricativelíγδă (animal fat)
d͡z▶Dzʣvoiced alveolar sibilant affricateʣḙána (at the top)
d͡ʒ▶Dždžvoiced palato-alveolar affricatebilidžíc (bracelet)
d͡ʑ▶Dźdźvoiced alveolo-palatal affricatedźḙána (at the top)
e▶Eeclose-mid front unrounded vowelmeš (months)
ə▶Ăămid central vowelcásă (house), reg., ind. pắni (bread)
ɛ▶Ɛɛopen-mid front unrounded vowelr. pέni (bread)
f▶Ffvoiceless labiodental fricativeáflu (find)
ɟ▶Gʲgʲvoiced palatal plosivegʲáʦă (ice)
g▶Ggvoiced velar plosivegrec (Greek)
ɣ▶Γγvoiced velar fricativeaγónʲa (fast)
h, χ▶, ▶Hhvoiceless glottal (uvular) fricativereg. hránă (food)
i▶Iiclose front unrounded voweldínti (tooth)
j▶Ĭĭpalatal approximant or semivowelĭásti (he/she is), ĭo (I)
ʲ ʲpalatalization of previous soundkʲári (he/she loses), gʲíză (cottage cheese)
ʝ▶Γʲγʲvoiced palatal fricativeγʲíngʲiʦ (twenty), r. γʲínγʲiʦ (twenty)
k▶Ccvoiceless velar plosivecásă (house)
l▶Llalveolar lateral approximantlup (wolf)
ɫ▶Ɫɫvelarized alveolar lateral approx.ind., reg. ɫup (wolf)
ʎ▶Lʲlʲpalatal lateral approximanthʲílʲu (son)
m▶Mmbilabial nasalmári (big)
n▶Nnalveolar nasalnári (nose)
ɲ▶Nʲnʲpalatal nasalarmî́nʲ (Aromanians)
o▶Oo(close-)mid back rounded vowelfoc (fire)
ɔ▶ɔƆopen-mid back rounded vowelr. ùn-ɔ́ra (a time)
ɤ▶Îîclose-mid back unrounded a. pî́ni (bread)
p▶Ppvoiceless bilabial plosivelup (wolf)
r▶Rralveolar trillráʦi (cold)
ʀ▶Ʀʀuvular fricative or trillr. ʀáʦi (cold)
s▶Ssvoiceless alveolar sibilantcásă (house)
ʃ▶Ššvoiceless palato-alveolar sibilantúšă (door)
t▶Ttvoiceless alveolar plosivetétă (aunt)
θ▶Θθvoiceless dental fricativecáθi (every)
t͡s▶ʦʦvoiceless alveolar sibilant affricate ʦap (he-goat)
t͡ʃ▶Ččvoiceless palato-alveolar affricatefičór (boy)
t̠͡ɕ▶Ććvoiceless alveolo-palatal affricateind., reg. fićór (boy)
u▶Uuclose back rounded vowelbun (good)
ᵘ ᵘfaintly audible uomᵘ (man)
v▶Vvvoiced labiodental fricativeváli (valley)
w▶Ŭŭvoiced labio-velar approximantnḙáŭă (snow)
z▶Zzvoiced alveolar sibilantχázi (joke, pleasure)
ʑ▶Źźvoiced alveolo-palatal sibilantind., reg. źuźunár (cicada)
ʒ▶Žžvoiced palato-alveolar sibilantžužunár (cicada)
 
Diphthongs and triphthongs vs. semivowels

The diphthongs ḙa/i̭a and o̭a/ṷa contrast with ĭa (IPA /ja/) and ŭa (IPA /wa/) respectively, though they sound similar and they do not form minimal pairs. We usually note them as diphthongs (ḙa/i̭a, o̭a/ṷa) and use ĭ and ŭ only when the approximant has a clear consonantal character; both may appear according region, speaker and phonetical surroundings (e.g. i̭ásti/ĭásti, bi̭ui̭/bĭui̭, aṷá/aŭá, nḙáṷă/nḙáŭă).

 

Abbreviations
a.armînḙášti (Southern varieties: Pindus, Gramos et al.)
r.ʀămănέšti (Northern varieties: Farsherot et al.)
ind.   individual
reg. regional