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The language divide was mostly north/south with also a few other languages at the margins (Breton, Basque, Alsacien). Normands spoke French long before some em
by ElBarto 8y ago
The language divide was mostly north/south with also a few other languages at the margins (Breton, Basque, Alsacien).
Normands spoke French long before some emigrated to North America. Just ask the English.
- VK538FY 8y agoTrue, but I think of the French author who visited Québec in the 19th century long after the conquest and noted that the purity of the language was better than in much of France at the time. Or something like that, I can't find the reference right now. Was the author talking of the division north-south or of a greater diversity than you suggest? Hard to tell.