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French phonology and orthography
Moved a section to this article and overhauled it. I'd appreciate comments and constructive criticism. --Circeus 16:10, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The information is great (especially the Vowel part), but the arrangement could be improved. &mdash; mark &#9998; 18:06, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * It would be nice to be able to see at a glance which vowels are most common (or occur in all dialects) and which ones are more exceptional. Also, an arrangement like the IPA vowel table helps greatly to get an impression of the vowel system of a language. The current table should be kept, I think, but maybe another one (or two, separating oral and nasal V's) could be added, cf. Nafaanra_language (which is of course a much simpler vowel system).
 * Some visual distinction between oral and nasal vowels would clear things up as well.
 * I would join the approximant row with the other consonants, and move all footnotes to below the table.
 * I'm missing information about the distribution of phonemes (except for some notes on allophony), particularly in the Consonants section. Do all phonemes occur freely in every position? What consonant clusters are allowed? Etc.
 * What role does nasalization play &mdash; what is its relation to nasal consonants?


 * "French phonology is a difficult subject further complicated by the diversity of dialects. This article aims at displaying a complete overview of French normal and possible phonemes and their most common allophones." - I'm concerned about this lead section. Firstly, I think that a very brief overview of what phonology is would be nice, as articles should be relatively complete in their own right (something I have to resolve for my Architecture of Btrieve article). Also, information should not talk about "this article", as it shouldn't refer to itself. - Ta bu shi da yu 23:38, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)