Dialects of French

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is part of the series on: French language

Dialects and History Orthography Reforms Use of the circumflex Phonology Liaison Elision Grammar Verbs Conjugation Verb morphology Articles and determiners Adverbs Pronouns Personal Pronouns

This box: view • talk • edit

Dialects of the French language are spoken in France and around the world. The francophones of France generally use Metropolitan French although some also use regional dialects or varieties such as Meridional French. In Europe outside of France there are Belgian French, Swiss French, and in Italy Aostan French. In Canada, French is an official language along with English; the two main dialects of French in Canada are Quebec French and Acadian French.

French is one of the Oïl languages, which in turn are descendants of Latin. As a result all the dialects or varieties of French are both Oïl and Latin descendants.

[edit] List of dialects

• Acadian French
• African French
• Aostan French
• Belgian French
• Cajun French
• Canadian French
• Cambodian French
• Metropolitan French
• Meridional French
• French in the Gaspé
• Indian French
• Jersey Legal French
• Lao French
• Levantine French
• Maghreb French
• New Caledonian French
• Newfoundland French
• North American French
• Oceanic French
• Quebec French
• South East Asian French
• Swiss French
• West Indian French

[edit] See also

• Law French
• La Francophonie

[edit] External link

• linguasphere on Romance languages

Dialects of the French Language
Europe (France) Metropolitan French, Meridional French (Belgium) Belgian French • (Switzerland) Swiss French • (Italy) Aostan French • (Channel Islands) Jersey Legal French North America (Canada) Canadian French – Quebec French • Acadian French • Newfoundland French • (US) Cajun French Africa African French (Maghreb) Asia Cambodian French • Vietnamese French Oceania New Caledonian French