IPA | listen | VLACH | phonetic description | example (translation) |
a (ɑ) | ▶ | Aa | (near-)open central unrounded v. | b. májkə m. májka (mother) |
æ | ▶ | Ɛɛ | near-open front unrounded v. | bb. tukehɛ́ (here) |
b | ▶ | Bb | voiced bilabial plosive | b., m. bába (old lady) |
c | ▶ | K'k' | voiceless palatal stop | m. kúk'a (house) |
ç | ▶ | H'h' | voiceless palatal fricative | b. h'íl'ada (thousand) |
ɕ | ▶ | Śś | voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant | reg., ind. ɕto (what) |
d | ▶ | Dd | voiced alveolar plosive | b. dɤ́ɫgo m. dólgo (long) |
d͡z | ▶ | Dzdz | voiced alveolar sibilant affricate | m. dzvézda (star) |
d͡ʒ | ▶ | Dždž | voiced palato-alveolar affricate | b. odžák m. ódžak (fireplace) |
e, ɛ | ▶ | Ee | (open-)mid front unrounded v. | b. cená m. céna (price) |
ə | ▶ | Əə | schwa | b. gləvátə (head) |
f | ▶ | Ff | voiceless labiodental fricative | b. gotóf m. gótof (ready) |
ɸ | ▶ | ɸɸ | voiceless bilabial fricative | rup. gotóɸ (ready) |
ɟ | ▶ | G'g' | voiced palatal plosive | b., m. g'aúr (gyaur) |
ɡ | ▶ | Gg | voiced velar plosive | b. gləvá m. gláva (head) |
ɣ | ▶ | Ɣγ | voiced velar fricative | b. vid'áɣ go (I saw him) |
h | ▶ | Hh | voiceless glottal fricative | b. hájde (come on) |
i | ▶ | Ii | close front unrounded vowel | b., m. čisto (clean) |
ɨ | ▶ | Yy | close central unrounded vowel | wb. býlgar (Bulgarian), bb. nyšt (nothing) |
ɪ | ▶ | Iɪ | near-close near-front unrounded | beb. gr'éčɪsk'i (Greek) |
j | ▶ | Jj | palatal approximant | b. pájək m. pájak (spider) |
k | ▶ | Kk | voiceless velar plosive | b. kɤ́šta, m. kúk'a (house) |
l | ▶ | Ll | alveolar lateral approximant | b., m. póle (field) |
ɫ | ▶ | Ɫɫ | velarized alveolar lateral appr. | b., m. miɫo (nice) |
ʎ | ▶ | L'l' | palatal lateral approximant | b. l'ubóv m. l'úbov (love) |
m | ▶ | Mm | bilabial nasal | b. moré m. móre (sea) |
n | ▶ | Nn | alveolar nasal | b., m. nos (nouse) |
ŋ | ▶ | Ŋŋ | velar nasal | b. tɤ́ŋko m. téŋko (thin) |
ɲ | ▶ | N'n' | palatal nasal | b., m. bán'a (bath) |
o | ▶ | Oo | close-mid back rounded vowel | b., m. sol (salt) |
ɵ | ▶ | Öö | close-mid central rounded vowel | m. Kiréčk'öj (Asvestochori) |
ɔ | ▶ | Ɔɔ | open-mid back rounded vowel | rup. kɔ́šta (house) |
ɤ | ▶ | ɤɤ | close-mid back unrounded vowel | b. bɤ́lgar (Bulgarian) |
p | ▶ | Pp | voiceless bilabial plosive | b., m. pet (five) |
r | ▶ | Rr | alveolar trill | b., m. rábota (work) |
s | ▶ | Ss | voiceless alveolar sibilant | b., m. sol (salt) |
ʂ | ▶ | Šš | voiceless retroflex sibilant | b., m. što (what) |
ʃ | ▶ | Šš | voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant | b., m. što (what) |
t | ▶ | Tt | voiceless alveolar plosive | b., m. tájna (secret) |
t͡s | ▶ | Cc | voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate | b. cɤ́rkva m. cr̩kva (church) |
t͡ʃ | ▶ | Čč | voiceless palato-alveolar affricate | b. čákaj m. čékaj (wait) |
t̠͡ɕ | ▶ | Ćć | voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate | reg., ind. ćékaj (wait) |
u | ▶ | Uu | close back rounded vowel | b., m. dúpki (wholes) |
v | ▶ | Vv | voiced labiodental fricative | b., m. kráva (cow) |
w | ▶ | Ww | voiced labio-velar approximant | beb. rábut'iw (worked) |
ɯ | ▶ | ɯɯ | close back unrounded vowel | anat. bɯ́lgar (Bulgarian) |
x | ▶ | Xx | voiceless velar fricative | b. prax (dust) |
y | ▶ | Üü | close front rounded vowel | rup. dün'áta (the world) |
z | ▶ | Zz | voiced alveolar sibilant | b. zimə́ m. zíma (winter) |
ʑ | ▶ | Źź | voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant | reg., ind. źɤlt m. (yellow) |
ʒ | ▶ | Žž | voiced palato-alveolar sibilant | b. žɤlt m. žolt (yellow) |