IPA | listen | VLACH | phonetic description | example |
a | ▶ | Aa | near-open central unrounded vowel | arvoléz (trees) |
ə | ▶ | Əə | mid central vowel | vwayáž də nos (honeymoon) |
ã | ▶ | Ãã | open front unrounded nasal vowel | frãnsé (French) |
æ | ▶ | Ää | near-open front unrounded vowel | pänǧeré (window) |
b | ▶ | Bb | voiced bilabial plosive | bivír (to live) |
β | ▶ | Ƀƀ | voiced bilabial approximant | líƀro (book) |
d | ▶ | Dd | voiced alveolar plosive | dezír (to say) |
ð | ▶ | Đđ | voiced dental fricative | véđre (green/Muslim) |
d͡ʒ | ▶ | Ǧǧ | voiced palato-alveolar affricate | ǧústo (right) |
e | ▶ | Ee | close-mid front unrounded vowel | ermózo (beautiful) |
f | ▶ | Ff | voiceless labiodental fricative | frãnsé (French) |
ɡ | ▶ | Gg | voiced velar plosive | agóra (now) |
ɣ | ▶ | Ɣɣ | voiced velar fricative | avaγár (slowly / gradually) |
h | ▶ | Hh | voiceless glottal fricative | habér (news) |
i | ▶ | Ii | close front unrounded vowel | ižíko (boy) |
ɨ | ▶ | Iı | close central unrounded vowel | karištıreár (to mix) |
j | ▶ | Yy | palatal approximant | yamár (to call) |
k | ▶ | Kk | voiceless velar plosive | kwálo (which) |
l | ▶ | Ll | alveolar lateral approximant | lavóro (work) |
ɫ | ▶ | Ɫɫ | velarized alveolar lateral approx. | aɫmán (German) |
m | ▶ | Mm | bilabial nasal | meldár (to read) |
n | ▶ | Nn | alveolar nasal | natúra (nature) |
ɲ | ▶ | Ññ | palatal nasal | añáda (year) |
o | ▶ | Oo | close-mid back rounded vowel | kávzo (reason, cause) |
ɔ | ▶ | Ɔɔ | open-mid back rounded vowel | Šobɔ (Shabbat) |
ɔ̃ | ▶ | Õõ | open-mid back rounded nasal vowel | o fõ (fully, essentially) |
œ | ▶ | Öö | open-mid front rounded vowel | ebrö́ (Hebrew) |
p | ▶ | Pp | voiceless bilabial plosive | plazér (pleasure) |
r | ▶ | Rr | alveolar trill | riír (to laugh) |
ɾ | ▶ | ɾɾ | alveolar tap | avláɾ (to talk) |
ʁ | ▶ | Rr rr | voiced uvular fricative | gérra (war) |
s | ▶ | Ss | voiceless alveolar sibilant | sínko (five) |
ʃ | ▶ | Šš | voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant | léšos (far) |
t | ▶ | Tt | voiceless alveolar plosive | tádre (late) |
θ | ▶ | Θθ | voiceless dental fricative | deθír (to say) |
t͡s | ▶ | ʦʦ | voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate | ettsetéra (etc.) |
t͡ʃ | ▶ | Čč | voiceless palato-alveolar affricate | múnčo (much/a lot) |
u | ▶ | Uu | close back rounded vowel | ǧudéo (Jewish) |
v | ▶ | Vv | voiced labiodental fricative | sivdád (city) |
w | ▶ | Ww | voiced labio-velar approximant | gwérko (clever) |
x | ▶ | Kh kh | voiceless velar fricative | khazinúra (disease) |
y | ▶ | Üü | close front rounded vowel | repüblík (republic) |
z | ▶ | Zz | voiced alveolar sibilant | azér (to do) |
ʒ | ▶ | Žž | voiced palato-alveolar sibilant | mužér (woman) |