en em an am vowel-base similar to ong in (pong)

Please be mindful of the fact that all the French sounds are produced with greater facial, throat and other phonatory muscle tension than any English sound.
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You MUST make a clear distinction between a nasal vowel and a nasal consonant !!

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The French [an] nasal vowel sound is made up of the [ a ] vowel base which is subsequently nasalised by the air being passed through the mouth and the nostrils at the same time.
Handy Hints:
The tongue must not flap on the roof of the mouth as in the pronunciation of the [ n ] nasal consonant. After the sounding of the vowel base [ a ], the tongue remains suspended half-way up in the mouth, then the air is guided upward through the nostrils by lowering the soft end of the palate.

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The sound's written representations are: en em an am aon

·	[en]
·	[aen]
·	[em]
·	[an]
·	[am] BUT not tram
·	[aon]
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