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Not quite, /eu/ in French is deeper, closer to /ö/ in German, I really can’t think of an English word with the same sound.

The /on/ nasal vowel is also approximated in “don’t” in some English accent, but again often imperfectly. In French, you don’t hear the n at all, whereas it is most often noticeable in “long”. AFAICT, the closest is /ão/ in Portuguese.




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