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Nasal vowels
ɑ̃	sans, champ, vent, Jean, taon	roughly like song
	Europe: tempsⓘ [ɒ̃]	nasalized bother
	Canada: tempsⓘ [ã]	nasalized trap (RP)
ɛ̃	vin, impair, daim, plein, Reims, synthèse, sympathique, bien	roughly like hang or Spanish ángel
	Europe: painⓘ [æ̃]	nasalized trap (American)
	Canada: painⓘ [ẽĩ̯]	nasalized mace or dress
œ̃	unⓘ, parfumⓘ	roughly like non-rhotic burn; nasalized [œ]
ɔ̃	vont, nom	roughly like Australian drawn
	Europe: sonⓘ [õ]	nasalized story
	Canada: sonⓘ [õũ̯]	nasalized goat (American) or saw (RP)

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Nasal vowels
ɑ̃	sansⓘ, champ, vent, temps, Jean, taon	roughly like song; nasalized father
ɛ̃	vin, impair, painⓘ, daim, plein, Reims, synthèse, sympathique, bien	roughly like length; nasalized dress
œ̃	unⓘ, parfum	roughly like non-rhotic burn; nasalized [œ]
ɔ̃	son, nomⓘ	roughly like Australian drawn

Nasal vowels

The vowel symbols used are based on the French spoken in Paris around 1900, and few modern speakers use the same pronunciations. Audio samples given above are from conservative speakers. The more common modern realizations vary drastically between Europe and Canada.^{[citation needed]}

IPA	Europe	English equivalent	Canada	Eng. equiv.
ɑ̃	[ɒ̃] sansⓘ	nasalized bother	[ã] sansⓘ	nasalized trap (RP)
ɛ̃	[æ̃] painⓘ	nasalized trap (American)	[ẽĩ̯] painⓘ	nasalized mace or dress
œ̃	May be merged with [ɛ̃]: unⓘ (Paris)	—	May be rhotacized: unⓘ [œ̃˞] (Montreal)	roughly like burn (American)
ɔ̃	[õ] sonⓘ	nasalized story	[õũ̯] sonⓘ	nasalized goat (American) or saw (RP)