Romanian RomanianThis version is for Unicode-compliant browsers that can handle the special letters needed in Romanian orthography. Others should use the ASCII/ANSI version.
Vowels
The vowel system comprises 8 phonemes, as follows. The vowel symbolized i_0 is voiceless; 1 is a close (high) unrounded central vowel.
SAMPA symbol Orthography Transcription i vin vin i_0 câini k1jni_0 e fel fel a cap kap @ măr m@r o loc lok u sur sur 1 fân f1n
There are 4 semivowels.
j doi doj e_X deasă de_Xas@ w sau saw o_X culoare kulo_Xare
Consonants
The consonant system comprises 20 phonemes, as follows.
p păr p@r b barbă barb@ t tun tun d dar dar k cal kal g gât g1t ts ţară tsar@ tS ceas tSas dZ geantă dZant@ f fată fat@ v vale vale s scaun skaun z zi zi S şa Sa Z joi Zoj h haină hajn@ m mână m1n@ n nas nas l lapte lapte r râs r1s
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Maintained by J.C. Wells. Last amended 1996 Sep 06. Unicode version last modified 1999 01 29