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Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	motobin, Biela, glòb	bone
d	perde, vëdde, dapërtut, bòrd	dot
dz	arvëdse, dzèmber	between buds and budge
dʒ	gieugh, giàun, alèrgich, magg	budge
f	fieul, definission	fit
ɡ	gheuba, magara, lagh	glad
k	canaja, chèich, quajëtta, brich, lagh	scar
l	alpin, làit, còl	let
m	musé, tamborn, dòm, fomna	might
n	novod, pann, genà	night
ŋ	dansé, lenga, ghërsin, bon-a	sing
ɲ	gnun, scagn, soagné	canyon
p	amprendù, pitòst, grop, glòb	spout
r	riscaudament, arnomà, àutr, saré, vira	atom (GA)
s	Savòja, mersì, fasson	between sip and ship
t	majëtta, batù, Turin, bòrd	stop
ts	armëtse, batsoà	between cats and catch
tʃ	cesa, ciàir, s-cet, baricc, magg	catch
v	veja, derivà, dventà	vest
ʋ	avosà, vnù, euvra	between wet and vet
z	zòna, disoma, arzultà, sbalià	between zone and genre
Dialectal consonants
ʎ	aj	million
ɹ	erbo, sèira, brichèt	run
ʃ	sciola, cascin-a	ship
ʒ	ĝenĝiva, ceresa, sgiovo	genre

Semivowels
IPA		Examples	English approximation
j		sacabojé, avèj, stàit, piassa	you
ʊ̯		giàun, Euròpa, cativ, euv	how
w		question, guèra, mocioar	wise

Vowels
IPA		Examples	English approximation
a		manera, ancaminà	bat (RP)
ɑ	ɒ	ampi, vàire, sacrà, ca	father or not
e		fnestra, dovré, elétrica	bait
ɛ	æ	tèra, nen, përchè, vers, fransèis	bet or cat (GA)
ə		marëssal, ghëmmo, vësco, dësmentié	comma
i		finisso, ghignon, fiorì	see
ø		Pinareul, greuja, bleu	girl
ɔ		nòta, rispòsta, ëdcò	off
ʊ		fonsion, moneda, róndola	pull
y		buel, agiut, cudì, vnù	somewhat like few

Suprasegmentals
IPA		Examples	Explanation
ˈ		Piemont	primary stress
ˌ		deurbëscàtole	secondary stress
.		noarèis nʊ.aˈrɛjz	syllable break
ː		fiëtta ˈfjətːa	geminated consonant¹

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^ ^a ^b Piedmontese generally lacks contrastive consonant length, and double graphemes are normally used for orthographic purposes (e.g. ⟨cc⟩, ⟨gg⟩, ⟨nn⟩, ⟨ss⟩). However, when they do not carry such diacritical use, they represent geminated consonants (usually after stressed /ə/).
^ ^a ^b dz and ts may also be allophones of /dʒ/ or /z/ and /tʃ/ or /s/ (not between vowels) in south-eastern dialects (Mondovì, Langhe, Val Bormida and high Montferrat).
^ ^a ^b ^c /l/ between vowels and /r/ are both realized with an approximant ɹ in certain southern dialects.
^ ^a ^b A plain ⟨n⟩ normally represents /n/ before a vowel and /ŋ/ elsewhere. When it is not the case, ⟨nn⟩ is used for /n/ and ⟨n-⟩ for /ŋ/ to avoid confusion.
^ ⟨s⟩ is always voiced z immediately before a voiced or nasal consonant and, when not doubled, between (semi)vowels or word-finally.
^ Intervocalic allophone of /j/ in Valsesia.
^ ^a ^b ʃ and ʒ are, respectively, allophones of /s(j)/ and /z(j)/ or /dʒ/ in north-eastern, high Montferrat, Val Bormida, Canavese and Biellese dialects.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d /ɛ/, /ɔ/ (æ in rural dialects), /ø/ and ɑ (ɒ in south-east dialects) only occur in stressed position, the latter being the most common allophone of /a/ in stressed position.
^ In some peripheral dialects, it may be realized slightly differently (for example as ɐ).
^ ^a ^b Stressed /i/ and /y/ are often realized with a more laxed realisation, ɪ and ʏ, word-finally and before nasal consonants. Before /ŋ/, /i/ is more open ɛ in southern Langhe and a diphthong ɛj in high Montferrat.
^ In some dialects, it has a more close pronunciation as ɔ̝.
^ In Montferrat and Langhe, /y/ has the allophones i and ej.

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