French

French is a Western Romance language.
==Geographic Distribution==
===Official language in===
*Europe: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland
*America: Canada, Haiti
*Oceania: Vanuatu
*Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo
==Dialects==
*Acadian French
*African French including sub-branch Maghreb French (North African French)
*Aostan French
*Belgian French
*Cambodian French
*Canadian French
*Cajun French
*Guianese French
*Haitian French
*Indian French
*Jersey Legal French
*Lao French	
*Louisiana French
*Meridional French
*Metropolitan French
*Missouri French
*New Caledonian French
*Newfoundland French
*New England French
*Quebec French
*South East Asian French
*Swiss French
*Vietnamese French
*West Indian French
==Phonology==
Consonant phonemes of French
 	 	Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Nasal 	Nasal	m 	n 	 	ɲ 	(ŋ) 	
Plosive 	 	p 	t 	 	 	k 	
Plosive 	 	b 	d 	 	 	ɡ 	
Fricative 	 	f 	s 	ʃ 	 	(x) 	
Fricative 	 	v 	z 	ʒ 	 	 	ʁ
Approximant	 	 	l 	 	j 	 	ʁ
Approximant	 	 	 	 	ɥ 	w 	
Example words
Voiceless	Voiceless	Voiceless	Voiceless	Voiced	Voiced 	Voiced 	Voiced
IPA 	Example 	Example 	Gloss 	IPA 	Example 	Example	Gloss
/p/ 	/pu/ 	pou 	'louse' 	/b/ 	/bu/ 	boue 	'mud'
/t/ 	/tu/ 	tout 	'all' 	/d/ 	/du/ 	doux 	'sweet'
/k/ 	/ku/ 	cou 	'neck' 	/ɡ/ 	/ɡu/ 	goût 	'taste'
/f/ 	/fu/ 	fou 	'crazy' 	/v/ 	/vu/ 	vous 	'you'
/s/ 	/su/ 	sous 	'under' 	/z/ 	/zo/ 	zoo 	'zoo'
/ʃ/ 	/ʃu/ 	chou 	'cabbage'	/ʒ/ 	/ʒu/ 	joue 	'cheek'
 	 	 	 	/m/ 	/mu/ 	mou 	'soft'
 	 	 	 	/n/ 	/nu/ 	nous 	'we, us'
 	 	 	 	/ɲ/ 	/aɲo/ 	agneau 	'lamb'
 	 	 	 	/ŋ/ 	/paʁkiŋ/	parking	'parking lot'
 	 	 	 	/l/ 	/lu/ 	loup 	'wolf'
 	 	 	 	/ʁ/ 	/ʁu/ 	roue 	'wheel'
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Category:Languages
Category:Indo-European languages
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