Languages

The langues d'oïl are a dialect continuum of Romance languages that include standard French and its closest relatives historically spoken in the northern half of France, southern Belgium, and the Channel Islands.

The term langue d’oïl is based on the French use of the word oïl, modern oui, for “yes”). Standard French has also greatly reduced the use of the Occitan language of southern France (the so-called langue d’oc, from Provençal oc for “yes”).

Language Family Tree

Indo-European > Classical Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Latinic > Imperial Latin > Romance > Italo-Western Romance > Western Romance > Shifted Western Romance > Northwestern Shifted Romance > Gallo-Rhaetian > Oil

• Central Oil
  • Macro-French
    • Circum-Caribbean French
      • Guyanic Creole French
        • [gcr] Guianese Creole French
        • [kmv] Uaçá Creole French
      • Lesser Antillean French Creole
        • [gcf] Guadeloupe-Martinique Creole French
        • [acf] Saint Lucian Creole French
      • Gulf Coast French
      • [hat] Haitian
      • [lou] Louisiana Creole French
    • Global French
      • [fra] French
        • Gallo
      • Nouchi
    • Isle-de-France Creole
      • [mfe] Morisyen
      • [crs] Seselwa Creole French
    • [rcf] Réunion Creole French
    • [cks] Tayo
  • [frc] Cajun French
  • [pcd] Picard
• Francoprovencalic
  • [frp] Arpitan
    • Faetar
  • Faeto and Celle San Vito Francoprovencal
• [fro] Old French (842-ca. 1400)
• [wln] Walloon

Languages Sorted Alphabetically

• Cajun French
• Faetar
• Franco-Provençal
• French
• Gallo
• Guadeloupe-Martinique Creole French
• Haitian Creole French
• Karipúna French Creole
• Louisiana Creole French
• Morisyen
• Old French
• Picard
• Saint Lucian Creole French
• Seselwa Creole French
• Tayo
• Wallon