Pronunciation: Latin (Renaissance Franco-Flemish)
The table below gives a guide to pronunciation. In general, the table gives exceptions to the usual 'Italianate' pronunciation of church Latin, i.e. where a vowel or consonant is not listed in the table, it should be pronounced as per the usual 'Italianate' system.
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Latin: Renaissance Franco-Flemish
(e.g. Dufay, Josquin)
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Letter
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Pronunciation
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A
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Nasalized* before 'm' and 'n'
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E/Æ/Œ
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Nasalized* before 'm' and 'n'
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I/Y
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Nasalized* before 'm' and 'n'
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O
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Nasalized* before 'm' and 'n'
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U
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ü as in lune (Fr.). Nasalized* before 'm' and 'n'
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C (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)
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ky as in look you
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SC (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)
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k (hard) as in contact
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CC (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)
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ky as in look you
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CH (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)
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k (hard) as in contact
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C/CH/K (otherwise)
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k (hard) as in contact
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G (before Æ, Œ, I, Y)
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g (soft) as in gel
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G (otherwise)
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g (hard) as in got
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GN
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gn (hard g) as in Agnes
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H
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Mute but voiced between vowels as in Yamaha
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consonantal I/J
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zh as in gentil (Fr.)
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QU
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kw as in quick
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S
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z as in ozone (between vowels and in final position) as in raises
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ST
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cht as in echt (Ger.) including when letters elide together across two words.
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-TIA
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tshia as in might she arise
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-TIO
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zio as in mosey on down
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X,
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z as in lazy
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Z
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z as in lazy
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General
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*nasalization leaves the basic vowel quality intact - not as in modern French. 'Un', 'in-', 'an' may elide before other consonants.
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Examples
Gratia plena = Gratshia pléna
Dominus tecum = Dominüch técüm (ch as in German echt)
Ave cujus conceptio = Avé küzhüz konkyepzio
Gloria in excelsis = Gloria in ezkyelsiz
Omnipotens = Omnipotenz (en nazalised)
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