Question 2: Look carefully at the following set of words from French. Examine the segments [u] and [y] (a high, front, rounded vowel).
IPA transcription of French word
French spelling English translation
[ru] roue wheel [ry] rue street [fu] fou crazy [fy] fut was [bu?] bouche mouth [by?] bûche log [sur] sourd deaf [syr] sûr sure
Are the segments [u] and [y] two separate phonemes in French, or are they allophones of one phoneme? (2 points)