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What language sounds most similar to French?
Samples
| English | She always closes the window before she dines/before dining. |
|---|---|
| Vulgar Latin | Illa/ipsa claudit semper illa fenestra antequa (later, only in Italy, prima) de cenare |
| Apulian | (Jèdde) akjude sèmbe la fenèstre prime de mangè. |
| Aragonese | (Ella) zarra siempre a finestra antes de cenar. |
What accent is similar to French?
Belgian French is very similar to French spoken in the northern regions of France. Champenois is the language of the Champagne region which is on the border with Belgium. Picard is another dialect from the north of France.
What language sounds like a mix of French and German?
Alsatian dialect
| Alsatian | |
|---|---|
| Native to | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Native speakers | 900,000 (2013) |
| Language family | Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Upper German Alemannic German Low Alemannic German Upper Rhenish Alsatian |
Are French and Italian similar?
The lexical similarity between French and Italian is around 85-90\%. That means that almost 9/10s of the two languages’ words are similar but does not mean that they are necessarily mutually intelligible to native speakers due to big differences in pronunciation and syntax.
What are some languages that are similar to French?
Table of languages significantly similar to French. Home > Languages > Similarities > French. French is very close to other Romance languages such as Spanish, Portuguese and especially Italian. If you know one of these four languages, you can learn the other one in 6 months of intensive study (I did it).
What are some examples of Silent Sounds in French?
French examples include brebis, gredin. There is another instance of the sound E that is silent because it tends to disappear at the end of words or inside words. It usually is heard when dropping it would make words difficult to pronounce. Instead, the preceding consonant is pronounced (i.e., “grande” is gran-duh).
What are the different vowel sounds in French?
French has two kinds of vowel sounds; Oral and Nasal. For now, we will start with the Oral vowels. A Sounds – chat, moi, là, pâte This sound is similar to the A-sound we would use in English words like cat, pat, that.
Why is the o sound in French different from the English sound?
The primary O sound is more open (tongue lower in mouth) than the vowel sound in the English words no, so, go, toe. When this sound occurs in English, it glides towards the U vowel forming a diphthong. This does not happen in French. The English version is also rounded, meaning you will curl your lips at the end of the sound.