Burgundian (Oïl) language

E175065

Oïl language Romance language regional language of France

The Burgundian (Oïl) language is a regional Romance language of eastern France, historically spoken in Burgundy and closely related to French and other langues d’oïl.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Burgundian language	4
Burgundian (Oïl) language canonical	2
Burgundian (Oïl language)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1523791 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Burgundian (Oïl) language
Context triple: [Gallo-Romance languages, hasPart, Burgundian (Oïl) language]

A. Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman is a variety of Old Norman French that developed in England after the Norman Conquest and served as a key language of the medieval English court, law, and literature.
B. Old French
Old French was the medieval Romance language spoken in northern France and surrounding regions, which served as the linguistic ancestor of modern French and significantly influenced English after the Norman Conquest.
C. Middle French
Middle French is the historical stage of the French language used roughly between the 14th and 17th centuries, marking the transition from Old French to Modern French.
D. Walloon language
Walloon language is a regional Romance language spoken primarily in southern Belgium, particularly in Wallonia, with its own distinct phonology and vocabulary separate from standard French.
E. Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects are a group of closely related West Germanic speech varieties historically spoken in parts of England and Frisia that formed the linguistic basis for modern English and Frisian languages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Burgundian (Oïl) language
Target entity description: The Burgundian (Oïl) language is a regional Romance language of eastern France, historically spoken in Burgundy and closely related to French and other langues d’oïl.

A. Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman is a variety of Old Norman French that developed in England after the Norman Conquest and served as a key language of the medieval English court, law, and literature.
B. Old French
Old French was the medieval Romance language spoken in northern France and surrounding regions, which served as the linguistic ancestor of modern French and significantly influenced English after the Norman Conquest.
C. Middle French
Middle French is the historical stage of the French language used roughly between the 14th and 17th centuries, marking the transition from Old French to Modern French.
D. Walloon language
Walloon language is a regional Romance language spoken primarily in southern Belgium, particularly in Wallonia, with its own distinct phonology and vocabulary separate from standard French.
E. Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects are a group of closely related West Germanic speech varieties historically spoken in parts of England and Frisia that formed the linguistic basis for modern English and Frisian languages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Oïl language ⓘ Romance language ⓘ regional language of France ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Champenois language ⓘ Franco-Provençal language ⓘ linked to: Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) French language ⓘ linked to: French Picard language ⓘ Walloon language ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
developedFrom	Gallo-Romance dialects ⓘ Vulgar Latin ⓘ
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith	neighboring Oïl dialects ⓘ
hasFeature	definite and indefinite articles ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ lexical influence from French ⓘ regional vocabulary distinct from Standard French ⓘ use of clitic subject pronouns ⓘ verb conjugation by person and number ⓘ
historicalRegion	County of Burgundy ⓘ Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ
influencedBy	Standard French ⓘ linked to: Metropolitan French
ISOStatus	has no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily	Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ Indo-European languages ⓘ linked to: Indo-European language family Oïl languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ
morphology	fusional language ⓘ
partOf	Romance branch of the Indo-European languages ⓘ
recognizedBy	France as part of its regional linguistic heritage ⓘ
region	Burgundy ⓘ eastern France ⓘ
spokenIn	Burgundy-Franche-Comté region ⓘ linked to: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Côte-d’Or department ⓘ linked to: Côte d'Or Nièvre department ⓘ Saône-et-Loire department ⓘ linked to: Saône-et-Loire Yonne department ⓘ
status	minority language ⓘ regional language ⓘ
subclassOf	Gallo-Romance language ⓘ langue d’oïl ⓘ
typology	subject–verb–object language ⓘ
usedIn	folk songs of Burgundy ⓘ oral tradition in Burgundy ⓘ regional literature ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited