Quebec French

E419015

Quebec French is a major variety of Canadian French spoken primarily in the province of Quebec, characterized by distinct pronunciation, vocabulary, and expressions that set it apart from European French.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Canadian French 5
Quebec French canonical 5
Québécois French 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of French
language variety
variety of Canadian French
closelyRelatedTo Acadian French
Ontario French
country Canada
developedFrom Colonial French in New France
hasFeature affrication of /t/ and /d/ before high front vowels
clitic pronoun y used where Standard French uses lui or à ça in informal speech
diphthongization of long vowels in informal speech
distinct idiomatic expressions
distinct intonation patterns
distinct lexicon influenced by English
distinct lexicon preserving archaic French terms
distinct pronunciation from Metropolitan French
distinct second person plural pronoun vous-autres in informal speech
distinct vocabulary from Metropolitan French
informal and formal registers strongly differentiated
loanwords and calques from English
ne often omitted in negation in spoken language
regional lexical variation within Quebec
tu used more frequently than vous in some social contexts
use of on instead of nous in many contexts
use of particle -tu in questions in informal speech
use of particle là for emphasis or discourse marking
use of sacres as religiously derived swear words
widespread use of informal register joual in some contexts
historicalOrigin French spoken in 17th and 18th century France
speech of settlers from northwestern France
ISOCode fr-CA
languageFamily Romance languages
legalStatus official language of Quebec (as French)
parentLanguage French
primaryRegion Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
regulatedBy Office québécois de la langue française
spokenIn Manitoba
New Brunswick
New England
Ontario
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada

United States
standardBasedOn Metropolitan French
Standard French
linked to: Metropolitan French
subfamily Gallo-Romance languages
Oïl languages
usedAs language of Quebec cultural identity
language of everyday communication in Quebec
usedIn Quebec cinema
Quebec education system
Quebec government administration
Quebec literature
linked to: Canadian literature

Quebec media
Quebec popular music
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acadian French relatedTo Quebec French
Chinookan languages colonialContactLanguage Canadian French
linked to: Quebec French
French Canadians traditionalLanguageVariety Quebec French
subject linked to: French Canadian
French Canadians traditionalLanguageVariety Laurentian French
subject linked to: French Canadian
linked to: Quebec French
Central Bank Governors of the G7 hasLanguage Canadian French
linked to: Quebec French
Brayon French influencedBy Québécois French
linked to: Quebec French
Brayon French hasDialectContinuumWith Québécois French
linked to: Quebec French
Noémie usedInLanguage Canadian French
linked to: Quebec French
Afro-Canadians language Canadian French
linked to: Quebec French
Pagé usedInLanguage Canadian French
linked to: Quebec French
Swiss French closelyRelatedTo Quebec French
Baie Sainte-Marie French differsFrom Quebec French