Why French sounds so unlike other Romance languages

Sound changes left French unlike Latin, Italian, Spanish or Romanian. How? Here's the recipe.

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~ Briefly ~

Follow my animated recipe for a taste of how sound shifts changed French pronunciation throughout the ages: Latin, Gaulish and Frankish influence, an early Romance era of Oïl vs Oc, Old French, Middle French, the Renaissance, all the way to Modern and then Contemporary French.

Yes, it's a recipe! I originally wrote this as a more direct history. After much tinkering I wanted to recreate the story of the sounds of French as a pastry.

~ Credits ~

Art, narration, animation and some of the music by Josh from NativLang

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