Dialect comparison

Belgian French vs Métis French

Compare two dialects of French side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Belgian French

Français de Belgique

The French of Wallonia and Brussels. Maintains a number of vocabulary and number forms (septante, nonante) that the Paris standard has dropped.

Approximate centre
50.85°, 4.35°
Métis French

Mitchif Français · Prairie French

The French variety of the Métis Nation of the Canadian Prairies. Distinct from Quebec and Acadian French; not to be confused with Michif, the mixed Cree-French language of the same communities.

Approximate centre
49.90°, -97.14°

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