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Use these phonemes in a pronunciation for a French (fr) request. French has 35 phonemes, as spoken in France. See Phoneme control for the format and how to send a lexicon. This lexicon entry makes Coda pronounce the invented brand name Velkora:

Rules for French

  • French has no lexical stress, so a French pronunciation never contains " or %. The API rejects one that does with unexpected-stress. Renault is R @ . n o.
  • Nasal vowels are single phonemes written with ~: a~, E~, and o~.
  • R is the French uvular r. H is the glide in nuit.

Vowels

Consonants