Excerpt from A Key to the Correct Pronunciation of the French Language
The French alphabet is identically the same as the English; but two letters (75 and w) do not properly belong to the French Alphabet, as they are only found in a few words borrowed from foreign languages.
N B. The six letters a, e, i, o, u, y, are called vowels, as in English; the remaining letters, c w, x, z, are consonants.
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