Old French

Ancien François

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Family: Borean, Eurasiatic, Nostratic, Indo-European, Italic, Latin, Romance, Western Romance, Gallo-Romance, Oïl

Region: Eurasia

Ethnicity: French people and others

Speakers: 78.6 M (first-speakers); 321 M (second-speakers), ??? (tertiary speakers)

Time Period: 8th CE

Writing System: Latin

Language Status: Extinct (evolved into Middle French)

Old French is an extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Old French was the language spoken in Northern France from the 8th century to the 14th century. Rather than a unified language, Old French was really a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligible yet diverse, spoken in the northern half of France, introduced in Worldcraft: My Last Blessings.


Pronunciations

Vowel


Consonants

Words

English: foot

Old French: pied

Modern French: pied

English: mature

Old French: meür

Modern French: mûr

English: shield

Old French: escu

Modern French: écu

English: arrow

Old French: seie

Modern French: soie

English: female

Old French: femme (geminate; /femmə/)

Modern French: femme (no geminate; /fam/)

English: man

Old French: homme (geminate; /ommə/)

Modern French: homme (no geminate; /ɔm/)

English: beauty

Old French: beaus

Modern French: beau

English: to have

Old French: avoir (/a'vejre/|/a'vojr/)

Modern French: avoir (/a'vwaʀ/)

English: judged

Old French: jugié

Modern French: jugé

English: to place

Old French: couchier

Modern French: coucher

English: tithe

Old French: disme

Modern French: dîme

English: dainty

Old French: deintié 

Modern French: délicate/délicat

English: chain

Old French: chaeine

Modern French: chaîne

English: high

Old French: halt

Modern French: haute/haut

English: wasp

Old French: guêpe

Modern French: guêpe

English: blackberry

Old French: frambeise

Modern French: 

English: strawberry

Old French: fraie

Modern French: fraise

English: God

Old French: Deo

Modern French: Dieu

English: our

Old French: nostro

Modern French: notre

English: Charles

Old French: Karlo/Carlo/Carles

Modern French: Charles

English: hear

Old French: oïr

Modern French: ouïr

English: seen

Old French: veüe

Modern French: vue

English: queen

Old French: reïne

Modern French: reine

English: country

Old French: païs

Modern French: pays

English: August

Old French: aoust

Modern French: août

English: pan/skillet

Old French: paelle

Modern French: poêle

English: booklet

Old French: quaïer

Modern French: cahier

English: age

Old French: aage, eage

Modern French: âge

English: king

Old French: reis

Modern French: roi 

English: emperor

Old French: magnes

Modern French: empereur

English: Spain

Old French: Espaigne

Modern French: Espagne

English: conquer

Old French: cunquist

Modern French: conquis

English: Apollo

Old French: Apollin

Modern French: Apollon

English: Muhammad

Old French: Mahument

Modern French: Mahomet

English: Zaragoza

Old French: Sarraguce

Modern French: Saragosse

English: destroy

Old French: fraindre

Modern French: détruire

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