Parle French Sound Chart — Open Teaching Pack
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Parle-authored data, classroom materials and 29 synthesized clips are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Six recorded IPA reference clips retain their individual CC BY-SA licences, as listed below. Consonant samples may include surrounding syllables; written French words are spelling examples.

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Source: https://getparle.app/french-sound-chart/
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Recorded IPA sources / Sources des enregistrements API

audio/phonemes/phoneme_eu_ouvert.m4a — /œ/
Open-mid front rounded vowel.ogg by JøMa
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open-mid_front_rounded_vowel.ogg
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Scope: IPA vowel reference
Changes: Converted the complete original recording to mono 44.1 kHz AAC (M4A), 128 kbps; attenuated by 6 dB for encoding headroom, with no trimming or amplification.
Original SHA-256: 4b5d2b9300d033ebfd2b5de0bcc54b592263b05fc9972394e0f1ed5a4bc9fd52
M4A SHA-256: 4cd23e9748921cec9bcdf604ab2f257da7af54ddcf90ef14d703bfc3426de94c

audio/phonemes/phoneme_g.m4a — /ɡ/
Voiced velar plosive 02.ogg by Peter Isotalo
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voiced_velar_plosive_02.ogg
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Scope: IPA consonant reference
Changes: Converted the complete original recording to mono 44.1 kHz AAC (M4A), 128 kbps; attenuated by 6 dB for encoding headroom, with no trimming or amplification.
Original SHA-256: cb6a08f8fe863a914dd0c7f62e03a172736a427fb2d75cca6a7fdb1e6f873939
M4A SHA-256: e7ecd660d64b8722607676abde4b1f38b3fd2c461d39acf1a86ac5a847185cc4

audio/phonemes/phoneme_m.m4a — /m/
Bilabial nasal.ogg by Peter Isotalo
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bilabial_nasal.ogg
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Scope: IPA consonant reference
Changes: Converted the complete original recording to mono 44.1 kHz AAC (M4A), 128 kbps; attenuated by 6 dB for encoding headroom, with no trimming or amplification.
Original SHA-256: 91092606944ea851ffc5c67d485fb26bae8ec5f4adaf86e58a1a7b4bfeb4d9be
M4A SHA-256: fe7f7f8d8f53e84c0c5a2ba48ddd20f6a221e427c95c1c4afb888dca72d9678d

audio/phonemes/phoneme_n.m4a — /n/
Alveolar nasal.ogg by Peter Isotalo
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alveolar_nasal.ogg
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Scope: IPA consonant reference in [na ana]
Changes: Converted the complete original recording to mono 44.1 kHz AAC (M4A), 128 kbps; attenuated by 6 dB for encoding headroom, with no trimming or amplification.
Original SHA-256: ada5d9e78502373e5e7108beee59d8fd74b88cb0c67798050ebd1df01b4f9c03
M4A SHA-256: 52299fa511c5587ac33e06960d829fe55910c216bca5217024eeb158712eb43a

audio/phonemes/phoneme_semi_ue.m4a — /ɥ/
LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-IPA ɥ.wav by WikiLucas00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-WikiLucas00-IPA_%C9%A5.wav
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Scope: French IPA reference
Changes: Converted the complete original recording to mono 44.1 kHz AAC (M4A), 128 kbps; attenuated by 6 dB for encoding headroom, with no trimming or amplification.
Original SHA-256: b55653cd507cf0c72632b6328f48c222d8d72a149815ec35a1d713314e8933c9
M4A SHA-256: 3fdf0c42a6be76a59c570ba61389398e72bd0927c0de31a3c0dd79c3fbad54d5

audio/phonemes/phoneme_z.m4a — /z/
Voiced alveolar sibilant.ogg by Peter Isotalo
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voiced_alveolar_sibilant.ogg
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Scope: IPA consonant reference in [aza]
Changes: Converted the complete original recording to mono 44.1 kHz AAC (M4A), 128 kbps; attenuated by 6 dB for encoding headroom, with no trimming or amplification.
Original SHA-256: 8bc0a84bd9b3aec19f6aad28227147a8f9324c1238d3fb936d4bd3493a59dee5
M4A SHA-256: 02383eb5ab1307a3c39b97cf3d72fd2b8e048aa91e5146abda4fef33062b9b6a

