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    languages. The most common modern langue d'oïl is standard French, in which the ancestral "oïl" has become "oui". Langue d'oïl (in the singular), Oïl dialects...
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    The population in the north spoke langue d'oïl while the population in the south spoke langue d'oc. Langue d'oïl grew into what is known as Old French...
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  • is also primarily responsible for the differences between the langue d'oïl and langue d'oc (Occitan) since different parts of Northern France remained...
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    Occitan language (redirect from Langue d'oc)
    langue d'oïl (French – though at the time referring to the Francien language and not the larger collection of dialects grouped under the name langues...
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    from but closely related to neighbouring Romance dialects (the langues d'oïl and the langues d'oc, in France, as well as Rhaeto-Romance in Switzerland and...
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    branch of the Romance languages includes in the narrowest sense the langues d'oïl and Franco-Provençal. However, other definitions are far broader and...
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  • These dialects came to be collectively known as the langues d'oïl, contrasting with the langues d'oc, the emerging Occitano-Romance languages of Occitania...
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    Picard (/ˈpɪkɑːrd/, also US: /pɪˈkɑːrd, ˈpɪkərd/, French: [pikaʁ] ) is a langue d'oïl of the Romance language family spoken in the northernmost of France and...
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    linguistic transitional zone between the Langue d'oc (also referred to as Occitan) dialects and the Langue d'oïl dialects, situated in the centre of France...
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    Gallo is a regional language of eastern Brittany. It is one of the langues d'oïl, a Romance sub-family that includes French. Today it is spoken only by...
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    Jèrriais: Nouormand) is a French dialect which can be classified as a langue d'oïl. The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to describe the administrative...
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    have a variety of origins. Some belong to the common heritage of the Langue d'oïl extension zone in northern France and Belgium; this is called "Pre-Normanic"...
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    into several langue d'oïl dialects, which in Wallonia became Picard, Walloon and Lorrain. The oldest surviving text written in a langue d'oïl, the Sequence...
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  • such as Guernésiais, spoken in neighbouring Guernsey, and the other langues d'oïl. Use of Jèrriais has been in decline over the past century, as English...
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    but also those from northern and western France, spoke a range of langues d'oïl (northern varieties of Old French). This amalgam developed into the...
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  • The Orléanais dialect is a langue d'oïl that was part of a dialect group called Francien. The dialect covers three departments, corresponding to the territory...
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    Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Walloons primarily speak langues d'oïl such as Belgian French, Picard and Walloon. Walloons are primarily Roman...
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    Lorraine in France, small parts of Alsace and in Gaume in Belgium. It is a langue d'oïl. It is classified as a regional language of France and has the recognised...
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    and Octavien Bringuier, Study on the geographical limit of the langue d'oc and langue d'oïl (with a map), 1876, Paris: Imprimerie nationale [reed. 2004,...
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    mostly in what would come to be called Normandy. The Normans took up the langue d'oïl spoken there, although Norman French remained heavily influenced by Old...
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  • communities in northeastern Wisconsin, United States. It belongs to the langues d'oïl language family, the most prominent member of which is French. The historical...
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  • Ages. Many versions exist in the French-speaking world, both in langue d'oc and langue d'oïl. The lyrics vary among versions, but always include a peasant...
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  • known now as Middle English. The conquering Normans spoke a Romance langue d'oïl called Old Norman, which in Britain developed into Anglo-Norman. Many...
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    Italo-Dalmatian language; and various other Gallo-Romance languages (Langues d'oïl 1.25%, Occitan 1.33%). Some of these languages are also spoken in neighbouring...
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    how they are pronounced. Saintongeais, which is a langue d'oïl variety, and Gascon, which is a langue d'oc variety, have significantly influenced the Acadian...
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    French: Roman de la Moselle) is an extinct Gallo-Romance (most probably Langue d'oïl) dialect that developed after the fall of the Roman Empire along the...
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    even between males, be they relatives or friends, whereas in the north (Langue-d'oïl France), it is less usual for two unrelated males to perform ′la bise′...
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  • spelled "Gauchier de Donaing") was a French writer and translator in the langue d'oïl, active at the start of the 13th century. He is most notable for writing...
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    used by the troubadours of medieval literature, when Old French or the langue d'oïl was limited to the northern areas of France. Thus, the ISO 639-3 code...
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    authors are Chrétien de Troyes, Christine de Pizan (langue d'oïl), and Duke William IX of Aquitaine (langue d'oc). Much medieval French poetry and literature...
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