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| chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5448 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes  Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French | Message 1 of 4 27 April 2010 at 1:59pm | IP Logged |
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According to this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_French,
"Despite these significant regional variations, there exist some trends among African French speakers, such as the pronunciation of the letter R which tends to be pronounced like a trilled R instead of the guttural R of standard French (although some African speakers also pronounce R as a guttural R)." To what extent is this true? And do the speakers of standard French understand even if the R is trilled and not gutteral? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| bushwick Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6244 days ago 407 posts - 443 votes Speaks: German, Croatian*, English, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese | Message 2 of 4 27 April 2010 at 5:53pm | IP Logged |
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I don't have so much experience, but I can say this is generally true. The few times I heard African French speakers, the r sound was thrilled.
And yes, they would be understood, like when foreigners learn English (say, speakers of Eastern European languages) but thrill the r. You still understand them, it just sounds different. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Aucassin Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5493 days ago 22 posts - 25 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 3 of 4 27 April 2010 at 6:31pm | IP Logged |
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In the South of France (le Midi) many people, mostly of the older generations, still trill their "r"s, so it's not that
unheard of, even in Europe. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| chucknorrisman Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5448 days ago 321 posts - 435 votes Speaks: Korean*, English, Spanish Studies: Russian, Mandarin, Lithuanian, French | Message 4 of 4 28 April 2010 at 2:02am | IP Logged |
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Thank you, bushwick and Aucassin.
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