::vowel:: = a|á|à|â|æ|e|é|è|ê|ë|i|î|ï|o|ô|œ|u|ù|û|ü|A|Á|À|Â|Æ|E|É|È|Ê|Ë|I|Î|Ï|O|Ô|Œ|U|Ù|Û|Ü|ɛ
::front_vowel:: = e|é|è|ê|ë|i|î|ï|y|E|É|È|Ê|Ë|I|Î|Ï|Y|ɛ|œ|Œ|æ|Æ
::back_vowel:: = a|á|â|o|ô|u|ù|û|ü|A|Á|Â|O|Ô|U|Ù|Û|Ü
::consonant:: = b|ç|c|ch|d|f|g|j|k|l|m|n|p|r|s|t|v|w|z|ʒ

% Some consonants
qu -> k / _
q -> k / _
j -> ʒ / _
c -> 0 / n _ \W|#

% Palatalization and lenition of <g>
ge -> ʒ / _ (::back_vowel::)
g -> ʒ / _ (::front_vowel::)

% The words <et> and <eh>
e[ht] -> ɛ / \W|# _ \W|#

% determiners
les -> lé / \W|# _ \W|#
des -> dé / \W|# _ \W|#
mes -> mé / \W|# _ \W|#
tes -> té / \W|# _ \W|#
ses -> sé / \W|# _ \W|#

% Treatment of <l>
mille -> mil / \W|# _ \W|#
ville -> vil / \W|# _ \W|#
ille -> ij / _ \W|#
il+e* -> j / (::vowel::) _
ll -> l / _

% Rules for vowels
mm[ae]nt -> mẫ / _ \W|#
ement -> emẫ / _ \W|#
femme -> fame / \W|# _ \W|#
mme -> me / (::vowel::) _ \W|#
a[mn] -> ẫ / _ \W|(::consonant::)|#
ait\-il -> ɛtil / _ \W|#
aient\-ils -> ɛtil / _ \W|#
ait\-elle -> ɛtɛl / _ \W|#
aient\-elles -> ɛtɛl / _ \W|#
ait\-on -> ɛtõ / _ \W|#
t\-on -> tõ / eu _ \W|#
aient -> ɛ / _ \W|#
ait -> ɛ / _  \W|#
ais -> ɛ / _  \W|#
ai[mn] -> ễ / _ \W|(::consonant::)|#
e[mn] -> ẫ / _ \W|b|ç|c|ch|d|f|g|j|k|l|m|n|p|r|s|v|w|z|ʒ|#
en -> ẫ / _ (::consonant::)(::vowel::)
ents* -> ẫ / acc|cid _ \W|#
ent -> e / r _ \W|#
eun|un -> œ̃ / _ \W|(::consonant::)|#
ien -> iễ / _ \W|(::consonant::)|#
ieu -> jeu / _
o[mn]p* -> õ / _ \W|(::consonant::)|#
ù -> u / o _ \W|#
uin -> uẽ / _ \W|(::consonant::)|#
oin -> ouễ / _ \W|(::consonant::)|#
ein|im|in|ym|yn -> aî̃ / _ \W|(::consonant::)|#
e[uû]t* -> u / \W|# _ \W|#

œu -> eu / _
oeu -> eu / _

% Treatment of <er> and <ez>
er -> é / _ \W|#
ez -> é / _ \W|#

x -> ks / _ (p|t|k|f|s|ch)
x -> ks / # _ (::vowel::)
cc -> ks / (::vowel::) _ (::vowel::)|ẫ

% kludge for dealing with aspirated H
h -> wow / \W|# _ (âbl|asar|ach|addock|a[iï]|alal|âle|alet|all|alo|alte|amac|amburger|ameau|ammam|ampe|amster|anche|andicap|angar|ant|app|arangue|arass|arc|ar|areng|argne|aricot|arnach|arp|asar|âte|aut|avr|erch|èr|érisson|ernie|éron|éros|erse|être|eurt|iatus|ibou|ic|ideu|i|i|ippie|iss|obby|och|ockey|ollande|omard|ong|onte|oquet|ors|ou|ooligan|ublot|uche|uer|uguenot|uit|ulul|umer|url)

% Treatment of <c> and <s>
sc -> s / _ (::front_vowel::)
c -> s / #|\s|(::vowel::)|ẫ|ễ|õ _ (::front_vowel::)
s -> z / (::vowel::) _ (::vowel::)
c -> s / a|á|à|â|e|é|è|ê|ë|i|î|ï|A|Á|À|Â|E|É|È|Ê|Ë|I|Î|Ï|u|ù|û|ü|U|Ù|Û|Ü|ɛ _ [ei]

% High vowels become glides before vowels
ou -> w / _ (::vowel::)
u -> w / g _ a
u -> ɥ / [^g] _ y|(::vowel::)

% Context where <y> is realized as a vowel
y -> i / . _
y -> i / _ (^::vowel::)

% A strange rule
ct -> 0 / _ (am|an|aen|aim|ain|aon|em|en|ein|eun|ien|im|in|oin|om|on|uin|uin|um|un|ym|yn)#

% A less strange rule
ng -> n / ei _ \W|#

e -> ɛ / _ x|(::consonant::)(::consonant::)
e -> ɛ / (::vowel::).+ _ (::consonant::) #

s -> 0 / [^ɛ] _ \W|#

% Deletion of final <e>
% nt -> 0 / _ \W|#

[dp] -> 0 / (::vowel::)|r _ \W|#
dd -> 0 / (::vowel::) _ \W|#
g -> 0 / (::vowel::)|ẫ _ \W|#
pp -> 0 / (::vowel::) _ \W|#
t+ -> 0 / (::back_vowel::)|(::consonant::) _ \W|#
t -> 0 / n|ễ _ \W|#
% tt -> 0 / (::back_vowel::) _ \W|#
x -> 0 / (::vowel::) _ \W|#
% c -> ss / i _ e(?!\w)

ɛs -> 0 / _ \W|#