Help:IPA/Romanian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romanian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

See Romanian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Romanian and Romanian alphabet for the correspondence between spelling and pronunciation.

Consonants IPA Examples in Romanian Examples in English b ban boy d dop day dʒ ger gender f foc face ɡ gol, unghie good h horn hat k cal, chip, kilogram, quasar skip l lună love m mic moon n nor name ŋ lung long p pas span r rac, mare curd (Scottish English); roughly like pretty in American English s sare sun ʃ șarpe shape t tare stop ts țară cats tʃ cer choose v val, watt voice z zid zone ʒ jar measure Non-native consonants ɲ Saligny roughly like canyon

Vowels IPA Examples in Romanian Examples in English a apă roughly like father e erou roughly like bet ə ăsta about i inel, mie beet ɨ înspre, cârnat roses (for some dialects) o oraș law (British English) u uda, dual fool Non-native vowels ø bleu, loess roughly like sir y ecru, fürer roughly like few ɑ̃ Henri roughly like croissant   Semivowels IPA Examples in Romanian Examples in English j iarnă, creioane, rai, yacht you or boy w băcăuan, dulău, tweeter wine or cow Diphthongs e̯a beată short [e] followed by full [a] e̯o vreo short [e] followed by full [o] o̯a foarte, găoace short [o] followed by full [a]   Other symbols IPA Examples Explanation ˈ dulău [duˈləw] Main stress (placed before the stressed syllable) ˌ extraordinar [ˌekstra.ordiˈnar] Secondary stress . mie [ˈmi.e] Syllable marker, generally used between vowels in hiatus ʲ rupi [ˈrupʲ] Palatilazation (placed after the palatalized consonant)