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La Langue française Parlée Complétée (LPC) is the French language term for cued French. Literally, the "Spoken French Language Completed", this term has been adopted over the previous and more general term Le Langage Parlé Complété which was equivalent to the term cued language.
Consonant Cues
| Handshape | Consonant Phonemes | Examples |
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/ʒzhzhʒzhzhʒzhzh/, /ddddddddd/, /ppppppppp/ | jeu (game) de (of) paume (hand |
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/kkkkkkkkk/, /vvvvvvvvv/, /zzzzzzzzz/ | café (cafe), va (go), zéro (zero) |
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/sssssssss/, /rrrrrrrrr/ | souris (mouse) |
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/ɥ/, /bbbbbbbbb/, /nnnnnnnnn/ | lui1 (him), bon (good), noir (black) |
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/ttttttttt/, /mmmmmmmmm/, /fffffffff/ | ton (your) magasin (store) favori (favorite) |
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/ʃshshʃshshʃshsh/, /wwwwwwwww/,/lllllllll/, /ɲ/ | chat (cat), oui (yes), la (the), vigne2 (vine) |
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/ggggggggg/ | gateâu3 (cake) |
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/ŋngngŋngngŋngng/, /jyyjyyjyy/ | camping (camping), fille (girl) |
1This sound is similar to the /ʍhwhwʍhwhwʍhwhw/ sound in some dialects of English.
2This single phoneme is similar to the Spanish ñ or the two phonemes /nnnnnnnnn/ and /jyyjyyjyy/ found in the word lasagna.
3Handshape 7 only represents a single consonant phoneme.
Inclusion of schwa
External Links
L'Association de LPC (ALPC)- The official website of the national Cued Speech organization of France. This website is completely in French.
Pipou, l'oiseau This illustrated children's story is presented with cued and spoken French as well as French text.