The phonetic transcription used in the VLACH corpus bases on IPA principles and is complemented with specific signs from works dealing with standard Romanian (Rusu 1992) and with Romanian vernaculars outside Romania (e.g. Hungary: Marin & Mărgărit 2005: CLXXXI-CLXXXIV).

IPA  listen  VLACH phonetic descriptionexample (translation)
a▶Aanear-open central unroundedásta (this)
b▶Bbvoiced bilabial plosivebárbă (beard)
c▶K'k'voiceless palatal plosiveok' (eyes)
ɕ▶Śśvoiceless alveolo-palatal sibilantmold. fáśe (do)
d▶Ddvoiced alveolar plosivedínte (tooth)
d' D'd'voiced alveolar palatalized plosiveMold. d'ínt'i (tooth)
d͡z▶Ḑḑvoiced alveolar sibilant affricatereg. ḑîc (I say)
d͡ʒ▶Ǧǧvoiced palato-alveolar affricateǧam (glas)
d͡ʑ▶Ǵǵvoiced alveolo-palatal affricateBoya. śîǵέ (he/she sat)
e▶Eeclose-mid front unrounded vowelmérǧe (you go)
ə▶Ăămid central unrounded vowel cásă (house)
ɛ▶Ɛɛopen-mid front unrounded vowelreg. ľεmn (wood)
f▶Ffvoiceless labiodental fricativefăínă (wheat)
ɟ▶G'g'voiced palatal plosiveg'ață (ice)
ɡ▶Ggvoiced velar plosiveslúgă (slave)
h▶Hhvoiceless glottal fricativehránă (food)
i▶Iiclose front unrounded voweldínte (tooth)
ɪ▶ɪɪnear-close near-front unroundedmold. védɪ (he/she sees)
ɨ▶Îîclose central unrounded vowelrî́u (river)
j---Ĭĭpalatal semi-vowelĭéste (he/she is)
j▶Jjpalatal approximantreg. jo (I)
k▶Ccvoiceless velar plosivecásă (house)
l▶Llalveolar lateral approximantlup (wolf)
ɫ▶Ɫɫvelarized alveolar lateral approx.mold. ɫup (wolf)
ʎ▶L'l'palatal lateral approximantreg. ľεmn (wood)
m▶Mmbilabial nasalmáre (big)
mʲ Ḿḿbilabial palatalized nasalBan. ḿáre (honey)
n▶Nnalveolar nasalnáre (nose)
ɲ▶Ńńpalatal nasalbań (money)
ŋ▶Ŋŋvelar nasalî́ŋcă (still)
o (ɔ)▶Oo(close-)mid back rounded vowelfoc (fire)
ɔ▶Ɔɔopen-mid back rounded vowelArd. ţɔ́le (blankets)
ɤ▶Îîclose-mid back unrounded reg. pî́ine (bread)
p▶Ppvoiceless bilabial plosivelúpul (the wolf)
r▶Rralveolar trillréče (cold)
rʲ Ŕŕalveolar palatalized trilllumănắŕ (candles)
ʀ▶Ʀʀuvular fricativeind. ʀéče (cold)
s▶Ssvoiceless alveolar sibilantcásă (house)
ʃ▶Șșvoiceless palato-alveolar sibilantúșă (door)
t▶Ttvoiceless alveolar plosivesfátul (the advice)
t'▶T't'voiceless palatal-alveolar plosiveArd. copt'í (children)
t͡s▶Țțvoiceless alveolar sibilant affricate puțín (few)
t͡ʃ▶Ččvoiceless palato-alveolar affricateče (what)
t̠͡ɕ▶Ććvoiceless alveolo-palatal affricateBan. fraće (brother)
u▶Uuclose back rounded vowelbun (good)
v▶Vvvoiced labiodental fricativevále (valley)
w▶Ŭŭvoiced labio-velar approximantcafeáŭă (coffee)
z▶Zzvoiced alveolar sibilantvăzút (seen)
ʑ▶Źźvoiced alveolo-palatal sibilantBoya. źos (down)
ʒ▶Žžvoiced palato-alveolar sibilantžos (down)
 
Abbreviations
Ard.Ardeal
Ban.Banat
Boya.Boyash
ind.individual
Mold. Moldova
reg.regional (diverse)