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
Quebec French canonical 11
Canadian French 5
Québécois French 3

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 (20)

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 ⓘ
Canadiens français → languageVariety → Quebec French ⓘ
Francophone Innu → linguisticInfluence → Quebec French ⓘ
Chiac French → differsFrom → Quebec French ⓘ
Madawaska → historicalLanguageInfluence → Québécois French ⓘ
linked to: Quebec French
Quebec English → influencedBy → Quebec French ⓘ
Quebec English → coexistsWith → Quebec French ⓘ