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The Romanian alphabet

A a : u   sound in   fun
Ă ă : er   sound in   other
 â : e   sound in   label
B b : b   sound in   bat
C c : k   sound in   kit
D d : d   sound in   dog
E e : e   sound in   red
F f : f   sound in   far
G g : g   sound in   gap
H h : h   sound in   loch   (aspirated)
I i : ee   sound in   bee
Î î : e   sound in   label
J j : zh   sound like  's'  in   treasure
K k : k   sound in   kit
 
L l : l   sound in   lip
M m : m   sound in   mat
N n : n   sound in   nut
O o : o   sound in   hot
P p : p   sound in   pin
R r : r   sound in   rat   (always rolled)
S s : s   sound in   sun
Ş ş : sh   sound in   ship
T t : t   sound in   top
Ţ ţ : ts   sound in   bits
U u : u   sound in   push
V v : v   sound in   vat
X x : x   sound in   box
Z z : z   sound in   zip
  Qq, Ww, Yy   in foreign words only

Phonetic variations

ce :   sounds like  'che'  in   chest
ci :   sounds like  'chee'  in   cheek
che :   sounds like  'ke'  in   keg
chi :   sounds like  'kee'  in   keen
 
ge :   sounds like  'je'  in   jet
gi :   sounds like  'jea'  in   jeans
ghe :   sounds like  'ge'  in   get
ghi :   sounds like  'gea'  in   gear

The Romanian alphabet as defined on this web page

<META> character set: UTF-8
<FONT> primary font face: unspecified (CSS defaults to arial)
  special characters: enter as ampersand, hash, 3-digit number, semi-colon:
Capital A, caron = &#258;
Small a, caron = &#259;
Capital A, circumflex = &#194;
Small a, circumflex = &#226;
Capital I, circumflex = &#206;
Small i, circumflex = &#238;
Capital S, cedilla = &#350;
Small s, cedilla = &#351;
Capital T, cedilla = &#354;
Small t, cedilla = &#355;