Chapter 1. Section B. Consonants

Consonants in Louisiana Creole mirror consonants in Standard French almost precisely. For those who are not familiar with consonants in French, the following will assist in learning them. There are twenty-one (21) of them.

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B /bay/
C /say/
*same sound with Ç
D /day/
F /ef/
G /zhay/

H /ash/ or /hash/
*the Creole ‘h’ is often pronounced
J /zhee/
K /kah/
L /el/
M /am/
N /an/
P /pay/
Q /kew/
R /air/
S /es/
T /tay/
V /vay/
W /doobla vay/
X /eex/
Y /eegrek/
Z /zed/

 

 

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