The French of the Maritime provinces, especially New Brunswick. Preserves several 17th-century features lost in both Quebec and Metropolitan French.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 46.09°, -64.78°
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Acadian French vs Quebec French
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Québécois · Joual
The dominant French variety of Canada. Strongly distinct from European French in vowel realisation, lexicon, and the colloquial Joual register.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 46.81°, -71.21°
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DialectAcadian FrenchThe French of the Maritime provinces, especially New Brunswick. Preserves several 17th-century features lost in both Quebec and Metropolitan French.DialectQuebec FrenchThe dominant French variety of Canada. Strongly distinct from European French in vowel realisation, lexicon, and the colloquial Joual register.CompareAcadian French vs Belgian FrenchAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of French and the dialects within it.