What language did the France speak in 1700?
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What language did the France speak in 1700?
| Old French | |
|---|---|
| Region | northern France, parts of Belgium (Wallonia), Scotland, England, Ireland, Principality of Antioch, Kingdom of Cyprus |
| Era | evolved into Middle French by the 14th century |
| Language family | Indo-European Italic Romance Western Gallo-Romance Gallo-Rhaetian Oïl Old French |
| Language codes |
What language did they speak in the French Revolution?
It is estimated that at the time of the French Revolution in 1789, only half of the population of France could speak French, and as late as 1871 only a quarter spoke French as their native language.
What language was spoken in France in the 16th century?
Middle French (French: moyen français) is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the 14th to the 16th century….
| Middle French | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Indo-European Italic Romance Western Gallo-Romance Oïl Francien Middle French |
| Early form | Old French |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | frm |
What languages were spoken in France before the Revolution?
Everybody knew that the border regions included non-French speakers — Bretons, Basques, Flemings and Alsatians. And much of southern France spoke not French but a different Romance language, Occitan or langue d’oc.
What languages do they speak in France?
French
France/Official languages
What other languages is French related to?
The Romance languages are a group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The major languages of the family include French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.
What language came first English or French?
English has its roots in the Germanic languages, from which German and Dutch also developed, as well as having many influences from romance languages such as French. (Romance languages are so called because they are derived from Latin which was the language spoken in ancient Rome.)