French leid

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French is the leid that's spak in Fraunce, Canadae (Quebec), Soothren Belgium, Luxembourg (alang wi German and Letzebuergisch) an Wastren Swisserland (La suisse Romande). It wis spreid tae Africae, Sooth Aest Asie an pairts o the New Warld throu French colonisation. French is a Romance leids, meanin that it comes frae the Laitin leid. Like maist Romance leids, its nouns haes masculine an feminine gender.

The French leid as it's spake athort the warld
Legend:
Daurk blue: mither tung
Blue: leid o government
Licht blue: leid o cultur
green: French spikkin minority

[edit] History

In times bygane the Celtic fowk bydit in whit the day is Fraunce. In thae days the land wis cried Gallia or Gaul. Romans invadit Gallia an makkit pairts o it intae Roman provinces. Syne Romans spak the Laitin, the local fowk learnt the Laitin an stertit tae spaek it. Thair ain leid, Gaullic, wisna aften spak, altho the leids o Celtic oreegin is spak the day in some airts the like o Brittany.

The Laitin leid wis chyngin, an in medieval Fraunce it chynged intae twa leids or byleids: langue d'oc an langue d'oil, meanin "leid o oc" an "leid o oil", frae the wirds meanin "aye" in the twa leids. The northren fowk bydin aboot Paris spak langue d'oil, an the soothren fowk bydin aboot Toulouse spak langue d'oc. The French leid o the day comes frae langue d'oil, speceifically the accent o Touraine. Langue d'oc, nou cryed Occitan, is aye spak bi some fowk in soothren Fraunce.

[edit] Verb Examples

to be: être (présent)

tae gang: aller (passé simple)

tae dae: faire (imparfait)

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