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ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION IN ROMANIAN LANGUAGE

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Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn the ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION in Romanian.

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Vowels

a is pronounced similar to the "a" in "rather"

e is pronounced similar to the "a" in "crate”

i is usually pronounced similar to the "ee" in "meet”

o is pronounced similar to the 'o' in "chore"

u is pronounced similar to the 'oo' in "room",

ă is pronounced similar to the 'a' in "aloud”

â and î are both pronounced similar to the "i" in "twirl". However, î only appears at the beginning of the word while â appears everywhere else in the word. 

Consonants

ş is pronounced similar to the 'sh' in "rush"

ţ is pronounced similar to the 'ts' in "sports"

c (ce) proceeded by an i or e, is pronounced similar to the 'ch' in "cheer", otherwise like the 'c' in "cry".

ch solely appears preceding i or e, is pronounced similar to the 'c' in "cry”.

g (ghe/ge) when followed by i or e, pronounced similar to the 'j' in "jar", otherwise like the 'g' in "goose”.

gh solely appears preceding an i or e and is pronounced similar to the 'g' in " goose”. 

Diphthongs

oi is pronounced similar to the 'oy' in "joy".

ea is pronounced similar to the 'a' in " crate " followed by the 'a' in "rather".

ai is pronounced similar to the 'i' in "ride".

ei is pronounced similar to the 'a' in "lane".

au is pronounced similar to the 'ou' in "south".

ău is pronounced similar to the 'a' in "amount" proceeded by the 'oo' in "loot”.

ăi is pronounced similar to the 'a' in " amount " proceeded by the 'ee' in "meet”.

âi is pronounced similar to the Romanian 'â' or 'î' proceeded by the 'ee' in "meet”.

îi is pronounced similar to the "i" in "like".

IPA table

Letter	Name	IPA
A, a	a	/a/
Ă, ă	ă	/ə/
Â, â	î / î din a	/ɨ/
B, b	be / bî	/b/
C, c	ce / cî	/k/
		/tʃ/
D, d	de / dî	/d/
E, e	e	/e/
		/e̯/
		/je/
F, f	ef / fe / fî	/f/
G, g	ge / ghe / gî	/ɡ/
		/dʒ/
H, h	haș / ha / hî	/h/, /ç/, /x/
		∅
I, i	i	/i/
		/j/
		/ʲ/
Î, î	î / î din i	/ɨ/
J, j	je / jî	/ʒ/
K, k	ca / capa	/k/
L, l	el / le / lî	/l/
M, m	em / me / mî	/m/
N, n	en / ne / nî	/n/
O, o	o	/o/
		/o̯/
P, p	pe / pî	/p/
Q, q	kü / chiu	/k/
R, r	er / re / rî	/r/
S, s	es / se / sî	/s/
Ș, ș	șe / șî	/ʃ/
T, t	te / tî	/t/
Ț, ț	țe / țî	/ts/
U, u	u	/u/
		/w/
V, v	ve / vî	/v/
W, w	dublu ve / dublu vî	/v/
		/w/
		/u/
X, x	ics	/ks/
		/ɡz/
Y, y	igrec / i grec	/j/
		/i/
Z, z	ze / zet / zed / zî	/z/