Back Kanadese Frans Afrikaans कनाडाई फ्रेंच ANP فرنسية كندية Arabic Francés canadianu AST Francès canadenc Catalan فەڕەنسیی کەنەدی CKB Francese canadianu Corsican Καναδικά Γαλλικά Greek Kanada franca Esperanto Francés canadiense Spanish
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| Canadian French | |
|---|---|
| Français canadien | |
| Pronunciation | [fʁãˈsɛ kanaˈd͡zjɛ̃] |
| Native to | Canada (primarily Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia, but present throughout the country); smaller numbers in emigrant communities in New England (especially Maine and Vermont), United States |
Native speakers | 7,300,000 (2011 census)[1] |
Early forms | |
| Dialects | |
| Latin script (French alphabet) French Braille | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | fr-CA |
Canadian French (French: français canadien, [fʁãˈsɛ kanaˈd͡zjɛ̃]) is the French language as it is spoken in Canada. It includes multiple varieties, the most prominent of which is Québécois (Quebec French). Formerly Canadian French referred solely to Quebec French and the closely related varieties of Ontario (Franco-Ontarian) and Western Canada—in contrast with Acadian French, which is spoken by Acadians in New Brunswick (including the Chiac dialect) and some areas of Nova Scotia (including the dialect St. Marys Bay French), Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland & Labrador (where Newfoundland French is also spoken).
- ^ French (Canada) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Glottolog 4.8 - Shifted Western Romance". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Glottolog 4.8 - Oil". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-11.