List C-Ws communication of the phonemes of French

This article draws up a list of the Graphie S (Phonogramme S, Morphogramme S, Logogramme S, etc) used to write each Phonème French .

The pronunciations of the same C-W communication being able to change an area with another, the phonemes considered correspond to the phonetic transcription indicated by the dictionary of the the Petit Robert, edition 2004.

Vowels

/i/ phoneme

The phoneme (former high Vowel nonround) knows 44 C-Ws communication:

/e/ phoneme

The phoneme (former higher Mid vowel nonround) knows 49 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ε/

The phoneme (former lower Mid vowel nonround) knows 57 C-Ws communication:

/a/ phoneme

The phoneme (former low Vowel nonround) knows 46 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ɑ/

The phoneme (posterior low Vowel nonround) knows 16 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ɔ/

The phoneme (posterior lower Mid vowel round) knows 18 C-Ws communication:

/o/ phoneme

The phoneme (posterior higher Mid vowel round) knows 46 C-Ws communication:

/u/ phoneme

The phoneme (posterior high Vowel round) knows 53 C-Ws communication:

/y/ phoneme

The phoneme (former high Vowel round) knows 37 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ø/

The phoneme (former higher Mid vowel round) knows 21 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/œ/

The phoneme (former lower Mid vowel round) knows 14 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ə/

The phoneme (central Mid vowel) knows 5 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ɛ̃/

The phoneme (former lower Mid vowel nonround nasalized) knows 41 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ɑ̃/

The phoneme (posterior low Vowel nonround nasalized) knows 36 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ɔ̃/

The phoneme (posterior lower Mid vowel round nasalized) knows 23 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/œ̃/

The phoneme (former lower Mid vowel round nasalized) knows 8 C-Ws communication:

Semi-consonants

/j/ phoneme

The phoneme (palatal Consonant spirante voiced) knows 29 C-Ws communication:

/w/ phoneme

The phoneme (labiovelar Consonant spirante voiced) knows 10 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ɥ/

The phoneme (labiopalatal Consonant spirante voiced) knows 3 C-Ws communication:

Consonants

/p/ phoneme

The phoneme (Occlusive consonant deaf bilabial) knows 10 C-Ws communication:

/t/ phoneme

The phoneme (deaf alveolar Occlusive consonant) knows 23 C-Ws communication:

/k/ phoneme

The phoneme (deaf velar Occlusive consonant) knows 37 C-Ws communication:

/b/ phoneme

The phoneme (Occlusive consonant voiced bilabial) knows 8 C-Ws communication:

/d/ phoneme

The phoneme (voiced alveolar Occlusive consonant) knows 11 C-Ws communication:

/g/ phoneme

The phoneme (voiced velar Occlusive consonant) knows 11 C-Ws communication:

/f/ phoneme

The phoneme (deaf labiodental fricative Consonant) knows 19 C-Ws communication:

/s/ phoneme

The phoneme (deaf alveolar fricative Consonant) knows 26 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ʃ/

The phoneme (deaf post-alveolar fricative Consonant) knows 24 C-Ws communication:

/v/ phoneme

The phoneme (voiced labiodental fricative Consonant) knows 6 C-Ws communication:

/z/ phoneme

The phoneme (voiced alveolar fricative Consonant) knows 11 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ʒ/

The phoneme (voiced post-alveolar fricative Consonant) knows 10 C-Ws communication:

/l/ phoneme

The phoneme (alveolar Consonant spirante side voiced) knows 13 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ʁ/

The phoneme (voiced uvular fricative Consonant) knows 28 C-Ws communication:

/m/ phoneme

The phoneme (Occlusive consonant nasal voiced bilabial) knows 10 C-Ws communication:

/n/ phoneme

The phoneme (alveolar nasal Occlusive consonant voiced) knows 16 C-Ws communication:

Phoneme/ɲ/

The phoneme (palatal nasal Occlusive consonant voiced) knows 6 C-Ws communication:

/h/ phoneme

The phoneme (fricative Consonant glottale deaf) knows only one C-W communication:

Phoneme/ŋ/

The phoneme (velar nasal Occlusive consonant voiced) knows 2 C-Ws communication:

/x/ phoneme

The phoneme (deaf velar fricative Consonant) knows 4 C-Ws communication:

Particular cases

Case of “X”

“X” almost always transcribes two phonemes: to tax (ks), to exert (gz), but not always: in “excellent”, “excess”, “X” transcribes only one phoneme “K”.

Case of “there”: pronounced doubly

“There” acts often doubly: pencil, to clear, hearth, to clean, waver, belief, ondoyant, pitiful, guyot, let us be (imperative), royal, etc “I” is also sometimes doubled: “gliome” (glijom)

Other characteristics

“enivrer” (its “N” doubled to form “in” then “N”)

Examples

Two pronunciations for a transcription: e.g.: “forage ladder” (ɛjɔ̃), (ajɔ̃)

Two transcriptions for a pronunciation: e.g.: “hijab”, “hidjab” (idʒab)

See too

Internal bonds

References

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