Oil languages

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In linguistics, the Oil languages are closely related Romance languages spoken in northern France and bordering areas.

It contrasts with the Occitan languages, or langues d'oc.

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

Of the Oil 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 Oil languages 2 "Oil" dialects of standard French 3 Derived from French

Oil languages

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

"Oil" 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