PugJesus@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoExplain Frenchlemmy.worldimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageExplain Frenchlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoFrench phonology was heavily influenced by Germanic languages, unlike Spanish and Italian. For better or for worse, the orthography (writing system) did not really keep up with the changes. So instead of French being half way between Italian and Spanish, like you might expect, it’s really it’s own thing when it comes to pronunciation.
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t know how big this effect really is but French changed their orthography during the renaissance to make it more Latin like
French phonology was heavily influenced by Germanic languages, unlike Spanish and Italian.
For better or for worse, the orthography (writing system) did not really keep up with the changes.
So instead of French being half way between Italian and Spanish, like you might expect, it’s really it’s own thing when it comes to pronunciation.
I don’t know how big this effect really is but French changed their orthography during the renaissance to make it more Latin like