French Alphabet

French Alphabet

The modern French alphabet consists of the twenty-six letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet:

Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters)
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Five diacritics are used in combination with some of the letters and two orthographic ligatures are used in French but none of these constitute distinct letters of the alphabet.

Read more about French Alphabet:  Letter Names, Diacritics, Ligatures

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