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International Phonetic Alphabet in French

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Bonjour à toutes et à tous ! Dans cet article, nous allons parler un peu de l’API : l’alphabet phonétique international. So in today’s article, we are going to talk about the IPA : the international phonetic alphabet in French. 

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The International Phonetic Alphabet in French

First things first. What is the IPA? The IPA, or International Phonetic Alphabet, is an alphabet system that is meant to guide pronunciation, in all languages. The letters (which are actually sounds), are often presented between brackets. 

 

For example: 

“Bonjour” is written [bɔ̃ʒuʁ] in the international phonetic alphabet in French. 

 

When you are learning a language, this is incredibly helpful, as this will give you the right pronunciation of a word. 

 

You can find words written in IPA characters in dictionaries, for example.

 

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Full International Phonetic Alphabet in French

Regarding the IPA characters in French, here they are: 
 
international phonetic alphabet in French

There is no secret, to master the French IPA, you will need to practice and practice. But knowing how to pronounce these sounds and how to read this alphabet is a wonderful thing to master French pronunciation!

If you want to work on some exercices, feel free to check a series right here: Exercices API.

Click here for more articles about the French language! 

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