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!colspan=2| [[Vocale|Vocali]]<ref>L'italiano contrasta distintivamente sette vocali nelle sillabe accentante. Nelle sillabe non accentante compaiono le vocali medio-alte {{Fono|e}} e {{Fono|o}} (per esempio ''poss'''o''''' {{IPA|[ˈpɔsso]}}).</ref><ref>In aggiunta ai [[Monottongo|monottonghi]], ci sono [[Dittongo|dittonghi]] che terminano in {{Fono|i̯|i}} and {{Fono|u̯|u}}:
!colspan=2| [[Vocale|Vocali]]<ref>Italian contrasts seven stressed [[monophthong]]s. In unstressed syllables, mid vowels occur in complementary distribution; with open-mid vowels [{{IPAlink|ɛ}} {{IPAlink|ɔ}}] appearing before [[sonorant]]s (e.g. ''cop'''e'''rtura'' {{IPA|[kopɛrˈtura]}}), and close-mid vowels [{{IPAlink|e}} {{IPAlink|o}}] found elsewhere (e.g. ''poss'''o''''' {{IPA|[ˈpɔsso]}}). Open and close vowels [{{IPAlink|ä|a}} {{IPAlink|i}} {{IPAlink|u}}] stay unchanged in unstressed syllables, though utterance-final unstress {{IPA|[i]}} may become an approximant {{IPAblink|j}} before vowels in a process known as [[synalepha]] (syllable merging), e.g. ''par'''i''' età'' {{IPA|[ˌparjeˈta]}}.</ref><ref>In addition to the [[monophthongs|pure vowels]], there are [[diphthong]]s ending in {{IPAblink|i̯|i}} and {{IPAblink|u̯|u}}:
*{{IPA|[ai]}} as indi ''b'''ai'''ta'' ('mountain hut')
*{{IPA|[ei]}} as indi ''pot'''ei''''' ('could 1.sg.')
*{{IPA|[ɛi]}} as indi ''s'''ei''''' ('six')
*{{IPA|[oi]}} as indi ''v'''oi''''' ('you pl.')
*{{IPA|[ɔi]}} as indi ''p'''oi''''' ('later')
*{{IPA|[ui]}} as indi ''l'''ui''''' ('he')
*{{IPA|[au]}} as indi '''''au'''to'' ('car')
*{{IPA|[eu]}} as indi ''pl'''eu'''rite'' ('pleuritis')
*{{IPA|[ɛu]}} as indi ''n'''eu'''tro'' ('neuter')
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|align="center"|<big>{{Fono|ˈ}}</big>
| Cenac'''nicen'''nito {{IPA|[tʃenˈniːniatˈtʃento]}}
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|align="center"|<big>{{Fono|ˌ}}</big>
| t'''uo''' {{IPA|[ˈtu.o]}}
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|align="center"|<big>{{Fono|ː}}</big>
|align="center"|<big> pr'''i'''mo {{FonoIPA|ː[ˈpriːmo]}}</big><ref>StressedLe vowelsvocali areaccentate [[vowelin length|long]]sillaba whenaperta innon afinale non-finalsono opensempre syllablelunghe: ''f'''a'''to'' {{IPA|[ˈfaːto]}} ~ ''fatto'' {{IPA|[ˈfatto]}}.</ref>
| pr'''i'''mo {{IPA|[ˈpriːmo]}}
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