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Romanian Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Romanian language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
PLOSIVE
p[3]
t[4]
k[7]
b[8]
d[9]
ɡ[11]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[5]
d͡ʒ[10]
FRICATIVE
f[12]
h[15]
v[16]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[13]
ʃ[14]
z[17]
ʒ[18]
TRILL
r[19]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[20]
APPROXIMANT
j[21]
w[22]

END OF Romanian PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
4
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
5
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
6
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
7
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
9
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
10
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
11
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
12
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
13
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
14
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
15
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
16
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
17
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
18
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
19
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
20
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
21
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
22
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN