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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Piedmontese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

Consonants^[1]
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	motobin, Biela, glòb	bone
d	perde, vëdde, dapërtut, bòrd	dot
dz	arvëdse, dzèmber	dads
dʒ	gieugh, giàun, alèrgich, magg	jam
f	fieul, definission	fit
ɡ	gheuba, magara, lagh	glad
k	canaja, chèich, quajëtta, brich	scar
l	alpin, làit, còl	let
m	musé, tamborn, dòm, fomna	might
n	novod, pann, genà^[2]	night
ŋ	dansé, lenga, ghërsin, bon-a^[2]	sing
ɲ	gnun, scagn, soagné	canyon
p	amprendù, pitòst, grop	spout
r	riscaudament, arnomà, àutr	trilled r
s	Savòja, mersì, fasson	safe
t	majëtta, batù, Turin	stop
tʃ	cesa, ciàir, s-cet, baricc	watch
v	veja, derivà, dventà	vest
ʋ	avosà, vnù, euvra	between wet and vet
z	zòna, disoma, arzultà, sbalià^[3]	zoom

Semivowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
j	sacabojé, avèj, stàit, piassa	you
ʊ̯	àut, giàun, Euròpa	how
w	question, guèra	wise
ɥ	nav, cativ, euv	between wet and yet

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
a	manera, ancaminà^[4]	bat (RP)
ɑ	ampi, vàire, sacrà^[4]	father
e	fnestra, dovré, elétrica	bait
ɛ	tèra, nen, përchè, vers^[4]	bed
ə	marëssal, ghëmmo, vësco	about
i	finisso, ghignon, fiorì	see
ø	Pinareul, greuja, bleu^[4]	girl
ɔ	nòta, rispòsta, ëdcò^[4]	off
ʊ	fonsion, moneda, róndola	pull
y	buel, agiut, cudì, vnù	somewhat like few

Suprasegmentals
IPA	Examples	Explanation
ˈ	Piemont [pjeˈmʊŋt]	primary stress
ˌ	deurbëscàtole [ˌdørbəˈskɑtʊle]	secondary stress
.	noarèis [nʊ.aˈrɛjz]	syllable break
ː	fiëtta [ˈfjətːa]	geminated consonant^[1]

Notes

^ ^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 don't carry such diacritical use, they represent geminated consonants.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e /ɛ/, /ɔ/, /ø/ and [ɑ] only occur in stressed position, the latter the stressed allophone of /a/ in most dialects.

[gemination-1] Piedmontese generally lacks contrastive consonant length, and double graphemes are normally used for orthographic purposes (e.g. ⟨cc⟩, ⟨gg⟩, ⟨nn⟩, ⟨ss⟩). However, when they don't carry such diacritical use, they represent geminated consonants.

[nasal-2] 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-3] ⟨s⟩ is always voiced [z] immediately before a voiced or nasal consonant and, when not doubled, between (semi)vowels or word-finally.

[stressed-4] /ɛ/, /ɔ/, /ø/ and [ɑ] only occur in stressed position, the latter the stressed allophone of /a/ in most dialects.

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