French phonology
Sign in to savesystem of sounds of the French language
Wikidata facts
Show 2 more facts
- facet of
- French
- Commons category
- French pronunciation
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~30 min read
Encyclopedic overview
French phonology is the sound system of French. This article discusses mainly the phonology of all the varieties of Standard French. Notable phonological features include the uvular r present in some accents, nasal vowels, and three processes affecting word-final sounds:
liaison, a specific instance of sandhi in which word-final consonants are not pronounced unless they are followed by a word beginning with a vowel;
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “French phonology” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.