[listen_playlist]Why French sounds so unlike other Romance languages

Sound changes left French unlike Latin, Italian, Spanish or Romanian. How? Here's the recipe. Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ Follow my animated recipe for a taste of how sound shifts changed French pronunciation throughout the ages: Latin, Gaulish and Frankish influence, an early Romance era of Oïl vs Oc, Old French, Middle French, the Renaissance, all the way to Modern and then Contemporary French. Yes, it's a recipe! I originally wrote this as a more direct history. After much tinkering I wanted to recreate the story of the sounds of French as a pastry. ~ Credits ~ Art, narration, animation and some of the music by Josh from NativLang Sources for claims made, and credits for most of the music, fonts, sfx: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lo0bvzhli24783Ox5_THM3rHHe4lNV-7iO2jpqS3UF8/ Licensed Music: Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3964-laid-back-guitars License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Danse Macabre - Sad Part - no violin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3597-danse-macabre---sad-part---no-violin License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Sardana by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5002-sardana License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license March of the Spoons by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4021-march-of-the-spoons License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4585-village-consort License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Suonatore di Liuto by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4440-suonatore-di-liuto License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Heavy Heart by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3865-heavy-heart License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Silver Flame by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4362-silver-flame License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Duet Musette by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3685-duet-musette License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Sneaky Snooper by Jason Shaw Link: https://audionautix.com/ License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode