Langue d'oïl

In linguistics, the langue d'oïl family comprises Romance languages spoken in northern France and bordering areas. Its counterpart is the langue d'oc family, which includes Occitan.

Both families of languages are named after the word meaning "yes" in those languages. Old French "Oïl" developed into "Oui" in modern French.

Of the Oïl dialects, the dialect spoken in the Paris region gained importance over the other, becoming the French language, which in France became the standard and the only officially recognised language.

Table of contents

1 Oïl languages 2 "Oïl" dialects of standard French 3 Derived from French

Oïl languages

• Francien
  • French
• Picard
• Walloon
• Norman
  • Jèrriais
  • Dgèrnésiais (spoken in Guernsey)
  • Anglo-Norman (extinct)
• Gallo language (spoken in Brittany)
• Franc-Comtois
• Champenois
• Poitevin-Saintongeais
• Bourguignon-Morvandiau
• Lorrain

"Oïl" dialects of standard French

• Belgian French
• Swiss French
• Canadian French
• Quebec French
• Acadian French
  • Cajun French
• Parisian French
• Marseillais French

Derived from French

• Chiac Language (also from English)
• Haitian Creole
• Michif