How each of the six vowel letters of Erli sounds.
| Letter | English example | Bulgarian example | Erli example |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | father | баба | bal (hair) |
| e | bed | ден | peràv (I fall) |
| i | machine | мир | kitì (how much) |
| o | more | много | so (what) |
| u | boot | буква | but (much, many) |
| ă | about | мъж | vakăti (time) |
The letter ă appears almost only in loanwords from Bulgarian and Turkish. All other vowels are pronounced clearly even when unstressed, with no reduction.