Dialects and Accents of Romania
The archive provides:
In a small number of cases, you will also find a narrow phonetic transcription of the sample (see Phonetic Transcriptions for a complete list).
The recordings average four minutes in length and feature both the reading of one of two standard passages, and some unscripted speech. The two passages, Comma Gets a Cure (currently our standard passage), and The Rainbow Passage (used in our earliest recordings), may be accessed from the menu bar to your right.
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Dialect Samples
To properly play a sound sample, you may first need to save it to your own computer. To do so, right-click on the desired sample and save it. A high-speed connection to the internet may allow you to play the file simply by clicking it.| Sound Sample | Basic Information | Text Files |
|---|---|---|
| Romania One | White, Female, doctor, born 1975, Blaj, Alba, Romania | Romania One |
| Romania Two | White, Female, doctor, born 1973, Romania | Romania Two |
| Romania Three | White, Female, student, born 1980, Miercurea-ciuc | Romania Three |
| Romania Four | White, Female, student, born 1984, Sibiu, Romania | Romania Four |
| Romania Five-A Romania Five-B |
white, female, forties, Bucharest, has lived in eastern USA for 20 years | Romania Five Transcription |
| Romania Six | White, Female, age unknown, born and raised in Sibiu, Romania, a teacher | Romania Six |
| Romania Seven | White, Female, student, born 1978, Arad, Romania | Romania Seven |
| Romania Eight | White, male, actor, born 1977, Vatra Dornei, Romania | Romania Eight |
| Romania Nine | White, female, theatre director,born 1976, Bucharest, Romania | Romania Nine |