Norman and Middle French used to pronounce lots of those letters and syllables that are now silent or maybe just implied in modern French.
So modern French is basically Puerto Rican French, is what I'm getting. Francés #Boricua, if you will.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_French#Phonological_history