ipa/Romanian

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

For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Romanian phonology and Romanian alphabet for a more thorough look at the sounds of Romanian.

Consonants
IPA Examples in Romanian English approximation
b ban about
d dop today
ger gender
f foc face
ɡ gol, unghie again
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)
s sare sun
ʃ șarpe shape
t tare stop
ts țară cats
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 English approximation
a a roughly like father
e erou roughly like bet
ə română about
i inel, mie beet
ɨ înspre, cârnat roses (for some English dialects)
o oraș law (British English)
u uda, dual fool
Non-native vowels
ɑ̃ Henri rendez-vous, roughly like on
ɛ̃ chemin de fer coq au vin, roughly like man
ø bleu, loess, chemin de fer roughly like sir
y ecru, führer roughly like few
 
Semivowels
IPA Examples in Romanian English approximation
j iarnă, creioane, rai, yoga you or boy
w băcăuan, dulău, Twitter wine or cow
Diphthongs
e̯a bea, Andreea short [e] followed by full [a]; similar to yard
e̯o vreo short [e] followed by full [o]; similar to yawn
o̯a foarte, oace short [o] followed by full [a]; similar to wagon
 
Other symbols
IPA Examples Explanation
ˈ dulău [duˈləw] primary 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] palatalization (placed after the palatalized consonant)

Notes

References

  • Chițoran, Ioana (2001), The Phonology of Romanian: A Constraint-based Approach, Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN 3110167662

See also

Tags:

International Phonetic AlphabetRomanian languageTemplate:IPAWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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