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French Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the French language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
UVULAR
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ɲ[3]
ŋ[4]
PLOSIVE
p[5]
t[6]
k[7]
b[8]
d[9]
ɡ[10]
FRICATIVE
f[11]
v[14]
ʁ[17]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[12]
ʃ[13]
z[15]
ʒ[16]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[18]
APPROXIMANT
j[19]
ɥʷ[20]
w[21]

END OF French PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
ɲ
 
voiced
palatal
nasal
4
ŋ
 
voiced
velar
nasal
5
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
6
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
7
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
9
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
10
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
11
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
12
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
13
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
14
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
15
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
16
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
17
ʁ
 
voiced
uvular
fricative
18
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
19
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
20
ɥʷ
 
labialized
voiced
palatal
approximant
21
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN