| Yiddish Letter | Sound Equivalent | * | Romanization | |
| shtumer alef | (silent) | |||
| pasekh alef | a as in father | a in gas 'street' | ||
| komets alef | o as in sort | o in yorn 'years' | ||
| u as in hut | o in hot 'has' | |||
| vov | u as in put | u in un 'and' | ||
| oo as in goo (syllable-final) | u in du 'you' | |||
| yud | i as in fit, or | i in tish 'table' | ||
| ee as in feet | i in zi 'she' | |||
| tsvey yudn (2 yuds) | ey as in grey | ey in eynikl 'grandchild' | ||
| pasekh tsvey yudn | y as in sky | ay in fayer 'fire' | ||
| vov yud | oy as in boy | oy in moyl 'mouth' | ||
| ayen | e as in end | e in entfer 'answer' | ||
| beys or beyz | b as in ball | b in brem 'eyebrow' | ||
| [veys or veyz] | v as in heavy | [H] | v in mazl-tov 'congratulations' | |
| tsvey vovn (2 vovs) | " | v in vursht 'salami' | ||
| giml | g as in give | g in gornisht 'nothing' | ||
| daled | d as in done | d in dorf 'village' | ||
| hey | h as in hot | h in hungerik 'hungry' | ||
| zayen | z as in zebra | z in zumer 'summer' | ||
| [khes] | ch as in German "achtung" | [H] | kh in bokher 'young man' | |
| khof | " | kh in khapn 'to catch' | ||
| tes | t as in time | t in tuml 'noise' | ||
| [tof] | " | [H] | t in toyre 'Torah' | |
| yud (before a vowel) | y as in yet | y in yagdes 'berries' | ||
| [kof] | k as in kill | [H] | k in kosher 'kosher' | |
| kuf | " | k in kamf 'struggle' | ||
| lamed | l as in lake | l in luft 'air' | ||
| mem | m as in mark | m in mentsh 'person' | ||
| nun | n as in neck | n in nudnik 'bore' | ||
| samekh | s as in self | s in samet 'velvet' | ||
| [sin] | " | [H] | s in soyne 'enemy' | |
| [sof] | " | [H] | s in toes 'error' | |
| pey | p as in pack | p in ponim 'face' | ||
| fey | f as in fence | f in frish 'fresh' | ||
| tsadik | ts as in fruits | ts in nayntsik 'ninety' | ||
| reysh | r as in French rue | r in royt 'red' | ||
| shin | sh as in show | sh in shande 'shame' | ||
| zayen shin | s as in measure | zh in zhuk 'beetle' | ||
| daled zayen shin | j as in jump | dzh in dzhez 'jazz' | ||
| tes shin | ch as in chair | tsh in kvetshn 'to squeeze' | ||