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A brief pronunciation overview:

Each word final vowel, especially the vowel /e/ is pronounced. Ex: dulce [dulcə]. In the Modern French, however, the vowel is not pronounced at all.

The “oi” is /oi/ in Old French, which becomes/wa/ in Modern French.

The “au”, stemming from/al/ in Latin, remains /au/ in Old French, and then becomes /o/ in Modern French.

The “eu” can have a couple different results, depending on its origin. Stemming from /ɔ/ in Vulgar Latin, becomes /wɛ/ in Old French, and then either /œ/ or/ø/ in Modern French. Stemming from the/o/ in Vulgar Latin, it becomes /eu/ in Old French, and then either /œ/ or /ø/ in Modern French. 

The “ou,” stemming from /ol/ in Latin, is pronounced and written as/ou/ in Old French, which becomes /u/ in Modern French.

The palatal cluster “ch” is pronounced as /tʃ/ in the Old French, and then becomes /ʃ/ for modern French.

The sounds “c+e.i”, “ç + a, o, u”, “z” are palatalized, creating a pronunciation that sounds more like /dz or /ts/. In the Modern French, the pronunciation becomes /s/.

The sounds “j”, “g + e,i”, “i”palatalize to create sounds like /tʃ/ or /tʒ/ in the Old French, and /ʃ/ or /ʒ/ in Modern French.

A “ll” is pronounced as /ʎ/ or “yod” in Old French, which becomes /j/,/l/ in Modern French.

 

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