French is used in France and dozens of other countries.
Dialects shown below: | standard, Cameroon, Guernsey French / Dgèrnésiais, Jersey-French / Jèrrais, New Caledonia, Patois de Mussy-sous-Dun, Poitevin, and Quebec |
Related entries elsewhere: | Historical French, Cajun French, Gallo, Haitian Creole French, Lesser Antillean Creole French, Lorrain, Louisiana Creole French, Louisiana French, Mauritius Creole / Kreol Morisyen, Réunion Creole French, Seselwa, Trinidad Creole French, and Uniscript |
shown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
Language information at Wikipedia
Writing system information at Omniglot
Camfranglais is an argot used in Cameroon.
1) Ma shamba est où ?Language information at Wikipedia (in French)
The Dgèrnésiais dialect of French is used in Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British crown dependency in the English Channel.
1) Éiou qu'est ma chambre ?Language information at Wikipedia
Alternate names for Guernsey French include Dgèrnésiais, Dgernesiais, Guernésiais, Guernesiais, Guernsey Norman French, and patois
The Jèrrais dialect of French is used on the Island of Jersey, part of the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy, France.
1) Où'est qu'est ma chambre ?Language information at Wikipedia
Writing system information at Omniglot
The New Caledonian dialect of French is used on the islands of New Caledonia.
1) Où est ma chambre ?New Caledonian French dictionary
This form of the Brionnais-Charolais dialect is used in Mussy-sous-Dun in the Burgundy/Bourgogne region of France.
1) Où est ma tsambre ?Dialect information at Wikipedia
The Poitevin dialect of French is one of the regional "languages of France" and is used in the Poitou-Charentes region.
1) Voure qu' al ét ma chanbre.Different spoken / informal versions of Poitevin:
1) Voure qu' ét mun larjhe. |
1) Vour qu' ét mun cr'nun. |
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2) Voure qu' ét la pllajhe. |
2) Voure qu' ét la coute. |
2) Voure qu' ét l' aràie. |
3) Voure qu' ét l' abr'vour. |
3) Voure qu' ét l' abrou. |
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4) Arache tés pàucres d'içhi ! |
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Language information at Wikipedia
Quebec French is the regional variety used in Canada, mostly in the Province of Quebec.
Informal Quebec French:
1) Ma chambre est où?Language information at Wikipedia
The four essential travel phrases in English: 1) Where is my room? 2) Where is the beach? 3) Where is the bar? 4) Don't touch me there! |
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