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Middle French

Middle French
françois, franceis
RegionFrance
EraEvolved into Modern French by the early 17th century
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-2frm
ISO 639-3frm
Glottologmidd1316

Middle French (French: moyen français) is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the mid-14th to the early 17th centuries.[3][4] It is a period of transition during which:

  • the French language became clearly distinguished from the other competing Oïl languages, which are sometimes subsumed within the concept of Old French (l'ancien français)
  • the French language was imposed as the official language of the Kingdom of France in place of Latin and other Oïl and Occitan languages
  • the literary development of French prepared the vocabulary and grammar for the Classical French (le français classique) spoken in the 17th and 18th centuries.

It is the first version of French that is largely intelligible to Modern French, contrary to Old French.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2024-11-16). "Glottolog 5.1 - Gallo-Rhaetian". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Retrieved 2024-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Ducos, Joëlle; Soutet, Olivier (2012). L'ancien et le moyen français. PUF. p. 4. ISBN 978-2-13-061687-0.
  4. ^ "Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500)". ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine. 2015.

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