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Francien (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sjɛ̃]), also anglicized as Francian (/ˈfrænsiən/), is a 19th-century term in linguistics that was applied to the French dialect that was spoken in the Île-de-France region (with Paris at its centre) before the establishment of the French language as a standard language.
| Francien | |
|---|---|
| françoys, françois | |
| Pronunciation | [frãnˈs(w)ɛ] |
| Native to | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Era | Prior to French Revolution and Standard French |
Early forms | Old Latin
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Linguist List | fro-par |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | fro-u-sd-fridf |
According to one theory of the development of French, Francien was chosen out of all the competing oïl languages as an official language (Norman and Picard being the main competitors in the medieval period). The theory currently prevailing, however, is that Francien was one of the dialects in the dialect continuum on top of which an administrative language, untrammeled by perceived regionalisms, was imposed as a compromise means of communication and record to replace Latin.
The existence and definition of Francien were put forward in the 19th century, partly to support the idea of the French language as enjoying a direct and pure lineage from Latin and to minimize the contributions of the various Romance languages of France. Nowadays, the question of Francien is a controversial topic in discussions of language policy in France.
See also
- Old French
- Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts
- Jordain de Blaivies, a chanson de geste in this dialect
Notes
- Urban Holmes, Alexander H. Schutz (1938). A History of the French Language. p. 45.
- Alwin Fill, Hermine Penz (2007). Sustaining Language: Essays in Applied Ecolinguistics. p. 11.
- Brigitte Weber (2019). The Linguistic Heritage of Colonial Practice.
- "Ce terme est une dénomination linguistique du XIXe siècle. En effet, avant on parlait tout simplement de françoys ou de françois (prononcé [frãswè] puis [frãsè])" (French Wikipedia).
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French December 2024 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the French article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 1 834 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr Francien see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated fr Francien to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Francien language news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Francien French pronunciation fʁɑ sjɛ also anglicized as Francian ˈfraensien is a 19th century term in linguistics that was applied to the French dialect that was spoken in the Ile de France region with Paris at its centre before the establishment of the French language as a standard language Francienfrancoys francoisPronunciation franˈs w ɛ Native toFranceRegionIle de FranceEraPrior to French Revolution and Standard FrenchLanguage familyIndo European ItalicLatino FaliscanLatinRomanceItalo WesternWestern RomanceGallo IberianGallo RomanceGallo Rhaetian Arpitan OilOilFrancienEarly formsOld Latin Vulgar Latin Proto Romance Old Gallo Romance Old FrenchLanguage codesISO 639 3 Linguist Listfro parGlottologNoneIETFfro u sd fridf According to one theory of the development of French Francien was chosen out of all the competing oil languages as an official language Norman and Picard being the main competitors in the medieval period The theory currently prevailing however is that Francien was one of the dialects in the dialect continuum on top of which an administrative language untrammeled by perceived regionalisms was imposed as a compromise means of communication and record to replace Latin The existence and definition of Francien were put forward in the 19th century partly to support the idea of the French language as enjoying a direct and pure lineage from Latin and to minimize the contributions of the various Romance languages of France Nowadays the question of Francien is a controversial topic in discussions of language policy in France See alsoOld French Ordinance of Villers Cotterets Jordain de Blaivies a chanson de geste in this dialectNotesUrban Holmes Alexander H Schutz 1938 A History of the French Language p 45 Alwin Fill Hermine Penz 2007 Sustaining Language Essays in Applied Ecolinguistics p 11 Brigitte Weber 2019 The Linguistic Heritage of Colonial Practice Ce terme est une denomination linguistique du XIXe siecle En effet avant on parlait tout simplement de francoys ou de francois prononce fraswe puis frase French Wikipedia This French history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about Romance languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte
