| consonants | |||
| Sign | Phoneme | As In | e.g. |
| p, ph | /p/ | "pet" | pâx, aper |
| b | /b/ | "bet" | barba, faber |
| m | /m/ | "met" | mûnus, rîma |
| t, th | /t/ | "ten" | theatrum, cantharus, tempus, pater |
| d | /d/ | "den" | dêns, cauda |
| n | /n/ | "net" | nûtus, dônum |
| n before c, g, x, qu | /n/ | "sing" | uncus, cingula, cinxit, lînquit |
| c, ch, k | /k/ | "keg" | pulcher, Kalendae, chorus, caput, cibus, pecus, decem |
| g | /g/ | "get" | gaudet, genus, pâgus, regit |
| gn | /nn/ | "sing now" | magnus, signum |
| f | /f/ | "fed" | fîlius, înfâns |
| s | /s/ | "set" | sôl, câsus |
| z | /z/ | "zip" | zôna, gâza |
| l | /l/ | "let" | lêx, malum |
| r, rh | /r/ | spanish "pero" | rôbur, merum, rhêtor |
| j | /j/ | "yet" | jecur, dejectus |
| v | /v/ | "wet" | vêr, pavor |
| h | /h/ | "hot" | humus, cohors |
| bs | /ps/ | "sips" | urbs, obses |
| bt | /pt/ | "apt" | obtinet, obtûtus |
| x | /ks/ | "fix" | xenium, rîxa |
| qu | /kv/ | "quiet" | quiês, equus |
| pp | /pp/ | "cheap pants" | mappa |
| bb | /bb/ | "glib boast" | gibba |
| mm | /mm/ | "some mud" | summa |
| tt | /tt/ | "hot time" | mittit |
| dd | /dd/ | "sad day" | |
| nn | /nn/ | "tin nose" | pannus |
| cc, cch, cq | /kk/ | "sick cat" | ecquis, siccus, eccheuma |
| gg | /gg/ | "big game" | agger |
| ff | /ff/ | "stiff foot" | effectus |
| ss | /ss/ | "nice soap" | esse |
| rr, rrh | /rr/ | spanish "perro" | error, Callirrhoê |
| ll | /ll/ | "small lake" | pallor |
| i between vowels | /jj/ | "say yes" | maius, Pompeius |
| vowels | |||
| i, y | /i/ | "pit" | ita, sibi, symbolus |
| î, long y | /î/ | "deep" | îdem, vîdî |
| e | /e/ | "pet" | ebur, bene |
| ê | /ê/ | "paid" | êsus, plênê |
| a | /a/ | "father," short | abest, cava |
| â | /â/ | "father," long | âles, rânâ |
| o | /o/ | "long | modo |
| ô | /ô/ | "hope" | ôdî, dônô |
| u | /u/ | "put" | ubi, humus |
| û | /û/ | "tooth" | ûber, frûctû |
| ei | /ei/ | "paid" | deinde, ei |
| eu | /eu/ | "few" | euge, heus, eheu |
| ae | /ae/ | "tight" | aevum, maeret, silvae |
| au | /au/ | "house" | aura, laudat |
| oe | /oi/ | "void" | oeconomia, foedus, euoe |
| ui | /ui/ | "gooey" | huic, cui |
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