Piedmontese is written with a modified Latin alphabet. The letters, along with their IPA equivalent, are shown in the table below.
| Letter | IPA value | Letter | IPA value | Letter | IPA value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A a | /a/, [ɑ] | H h | ∅ | P p | /p/ | ||
| B b | /b/ | I i | /i/ or (semivocalic) /j/ | Q q | /k/ | ||
| C c | /k/ or /tʃ/ | J j | /j/ | R r | /r/~/ɹ/ | ||
| D d | /d/ | L l | /l/ | S s | /s/, /z/ | ||
| E e | /e/ or /ɛ/ | M m | /m/ | T t | /t/ | ||
| Ë ë | /ə/ | N n | /n/ or /ŋ/ | U u | /y/ or (semivocalic) /w/, /ʊ̯/ | ||
| F f | /f/ | O o | /ʊ/ or (semivocalic) /w/, /ʊ̯/ | V v | /v/, /ʋ/, or /ɥ/ | ||
| G g | /ɡ/ or /dʒ/ | Ò ò | /ɔ/ | Z z | /z/ |
Certain digraphs are used to regularly represent specific sounds as shown below.
| Digraph | IPA value | Digraph | IPA value | Digraph | IPA value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gg | /dʒ/ | gh | /ɡ/ | cc | /tʃ/ | ||
| gli | /ʎ/ | ss | /s/ | gn | /ɲ/ | ||
| sc | /sk/, /stʃ/ | sc, scc | /stʃ/ | eu | /ø/ | ||
| sg, sgg | /zdʒ/ | ||||||
All other combinations of letters are pronounced as written. Grave accent marks stress (except for o which is marked by an acute to distinguish it from ò) and breaks diphthongs, so ua and uà are /wa/, but ùa is pronounced separately, /ˈya/.
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