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

Sources for claims made, and credits for most of the music, fonts, sfx:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lo0bvzhli24783Ox5_THM3rHHe4lNV-7iO2jpqS3UF8/

Licensed Music:

Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod
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Danse Macabre - Sad Part - no violin by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3597-danse-macabre---sad-part---no-violin
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Sardana by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5002-sardana
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March of the Spoons by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4021-march-of-the-spoons
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Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4585-village-consort
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Suonatore di Liuto by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4440-suonatore-di-liuto
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Heavy Heart by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3865-heavy-heart
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Silver Flame by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4362-silver-flame
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Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod
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Duet Musette by Kevin MacLeod
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Sneaky Snooper by Jason Shaw
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