What languages influenced French?
French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France’s past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole.Click to see full answer. Regarding this, when did French become a language?By…
French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France’s past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole.Click to see full answer. Regarding this, when did French become a language?By the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts in 1539 King Francis I made French the official language of administration and court proceedings in France, ousting the Latin that had been used before then.Beside above, which language came first French or English? The first recognizable language that we call English arrived in England probably around the mid 5th century, but it is completely unintelligible today. At that time, the French were speaking a Latin that was still intelligible in Rome. The first evidence we have for “Old French” came from the 8th century. Beside above, how has the French language influenced English? The French language’s influenced English thus through this Anglo-Norman dialect. During the 12th century, continental French had a greater influence on Old English. It acquired great prestige within the aristocracy and the clergy and became the language of law and justice.Why is French the official language of France?French has been the official language of France since 1992, but has been the country’s administrative language for legal documents and laws since 1539. The French language evolved from the Vulgar Latin language, which was used during the Roman Empire.
