Talk:Romanian/Pronunciation and alphabet

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Romanian pronunciation is very phonetic

'All pronunciation is phonetic! Is this not perhaps, rather, a reference to the "phonetic" (i.e. near-phonemic) spelling of Romanian? -- 81.158.0.123 18:30, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

a lot of foreigners find it hard to speak it, especially English speakers

Is there really any evidence that English-speakers are more likely than, say, Mandarin-speakers, Hungarian-speakers, or Arabic-speakers to find Romanian hard to speak? -- 81.158.0.123 18:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

No, there's not. For one thing, "English-speakers" is not the same thing as "native English-speakers" and certainly not the same thing as "native English speakers who speak Romanian non-natively". Some people are even native in both languages. In addition, I don't think this is an objective claim at all, and evidence obviously has not been provided in over two years. Removed. Tlaxcalli (talk) 04:03, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * ... And if it were so hard for English speakers then I'm not sure what this "Category I: Romanian" is on about (Language_Learning_Difficulty_for_English_Speakers). Perhaps a better wording would have been "it may appear hard/different, but ..." (followed by encouragement of sorts, particularly linking to the aforementioned phonetic spelling). Ceigered (talk) 10:01, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

oa
What about the diphthonge oa as in the word dumneavoastră? How to spell? --80.223.182.232 10:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

ău
Is this sound [@u] identical to the Received Pronunciation treatement of a long "o" in English (slope), and to a lesser extent similar to the long "o" in Australian/NZ/SA accents? This might help English speakers familiar with these sounds better approximate the sound if it is indeed identical/similar I suppose Ceigered (talk) 10:01, 13 July 2010 (UTC)