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.
Old French
Middle French
Modern French
Haitian Creole
Canadian French
Mainland French
Vietnamese French
Laotian French
Khmer French
Pronunciations
Vowel
A - a/e
E - ɛ/ə/e
I - i
O - ɔ
OU - u
U - y
AN - ã
EN - ẽ
IN - ĩ
ON - õ
UN - ỹ
Consonants
B - b
C - k
CE/CI/CY - ts
Ch - tʃ
D - d/ð
Dh - ð
F - f
G/GUE/GUI/GUY - ɡ
H - silent
J - dʒ
K - k
L - l
-ill - ʎ
M - m
N - n
GN - ɲ
P - p
QUE/QUI/QUY - k
QU- - kw
R - r
S - s/z
T - t
TH - θ
V - v
W - w
X - ks/gz
Y - j
Z - dz
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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