Piedmontese - piemontèis

Standard Piedmontese vocabulary, numerals and quotations for comparison with other languages


The traditional language of Piemonte / Piedmont in the north west of Italy around the city of Turin is Piemontese. Being Italy's Gateway To France, Piedmont has in the past widely used French, Piedmontese and Italian as official languages. Like Romansch in Switzerland, Piedmontese is part way between French and Italian, displaying features of both while being unique.

Piedmontese is is one of the Gallo-Italic languages spoken across northern Italy. These differ considerably from Standard Italian, which is based on the Tuscan dialect of central Italy.


1. frel    brother        1. as    yes        1.   
2. seure    sister        2. nò    no        2.   
3. fieul    son        3. për piasì    please        3. Capì    To understand
4. fija    daughter        4. grassie    thank you        4.   
5. pare    father                  5.   
6. mare    mother        1. dumìnica    Sunday        6. I sai    I know
          2. lùn-es    Monday        7. I sai nen    I don’t know
1. prima    spring        3. màrtes    Tuesday          
2. istà    summer        4. mèrcol    Wednesday        1. i son    I am
3. otogn    autumn        5. giòbia    Thursday        2. it ses    you are
4. invern    winter        6. vënner    Friday          
          7. saba    Saturday        3. a l’e    he is
1. caval    horse                  la l’e    she is
2. can    dog        1. sità    town          
3. gat    cat        2. vilagi    village        1. i soma    we are
4. vaca    cow        3. strà    street        2. i seve    you are
5. tòr    bull        4. piassa    square          
6. crin    pig        5. pont    bridge        3. aj son    they are (msc. & fem.)
7. fèja    sheep        6. ca    house          
8. luv    wolf        7. giardin    garden          
9. rat    mouse        8. cesa    church          
10. osel    bird        9. scòla    school        1. un, un-a    one (msc., fem.)
11. òca    goose        10. stassion    station        2. doi, doe    two (msc., fem.)
12. pèss    fish                  3. tre    three
                    4. quatr    four
1. pan    bread        1. nèir    black        5. sinch    five
2. pom    apple        2. bianch    white        6. ses    six
3. nos    nut        3. bleu    blue        7. set    seven
4. sal    salt        4. verd    green        8. eut    eight
5. pèiver    pepper        5. giàun    yellow        9. neuv    nine
6. amel    honey        6. ross    red        10. des    ten
7. làit    milk                  11. óndes    eleven
8. bur    butter        1. vëdde    to see        12. dódes    twelve
9. formagg    cheese        2. sentì    to hear        13. tërdes    thirteen
10. eva    water        3. mangé    to eat        20. vint    twenty
11. vin    wine        4. bèive    to drink        30. tranta    thirty
12. bira    beer        5. canté    to sing        100. sent    a hundred
                      
1. montagna    mountain        1. nòm    name        1. man    hand
2. mar    sea        2. scrive    to write        2. pé    foot
3. lagh    lake        3. lìber    book        3. cheur    heart
4. fium    river        4. parlé    to speak        4. sangh    blood
5. vej    old        5. di    day        5. testa    head
6. neuv    new        6. neuit    night        6. euj    eye
7. nav    ship        7. sman-a    week        7. orija    ear
8. treno    train        8. mèis    month        8. dent    tooth
9. àutobos    bus        9. ann    year        9. cavèj    hair
10. pòrt    harbor        10. e    and        10. deurme    to sleep
                      
1. gené    January        7. luj    July        1. sol    sun
2. fërvé    February        8. agost    August        2. lun-a    moon
3. mars    March        9. stèmber    September        3. stèila    star
4. avril    April        10. otóber    October        4. vent    wind
5. magg    May        11. novèmber    November        5. pieuva    rain
6. giugn    June        12. dzèmber    December        6. fiòca    snow
                    7. giassa    ice
1. frèid    cold        1. càud    hot        8. feu    fire
2. cit    small        2. grand    large        9. pera    stone
3. sutil    thin        3. spess    thick        10. argent    silver
4. aspr    sour        4. doss    sweet          
                      
1. boca    mouth        1. dé    to give        1. ciòrgn    deaf
2. lenga    tongue        2. caté    to buy        2. profond    deep
3. paròla    word        3. sté setà    to sit        3. pien    full
4. lenga    language        4. leger    to read        4. giovo    young
5. fior    flower        5. mercà    market        5. bon    good
6. savon    soap        6. pòrta    door        6. rè    king


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9. O Nostr Pare che tė ses an cel, tņ nņm a sia santificą. 10. Tņ regno a vena, toa volontą a sia faita su la tera com al ciel. 11. Dane ancheuj nņst pan cotidian, 12. e pėrdonene ij nņstri debit, com noi i pėrdonoma a coj ch’a l’han offendune, 13. e lassene nen tombé an tentassion, ma libererene d’ogni mal.

9 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Matthew 6

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Piemontese is spoken in:

Turin - Torino
Lissandria - Alessandria
Ast - Asti
Coni - Cuneo


Some Approximate Pronunciations

Piedmontese as in is pronounced as in UK English
c(e)-, c(i)- cesa, ciòrgn ch cherry, children
cc specc ch beech
ch cheur, ròch c, ck curtain, rock
eu euv u fur
ë ghërsin e over
g(e)-, g(i)- gent, giassa j jest
gg formagg dg badge
gh ghëmmo, sangh g gust, dog
gn aragn ny canyon
j bajé y yellow
qu quatr qu question
s-c s-cet sk sketch
s-cc mas-cc sk mask
z zanziva z zebra


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