Dialect comparison

Métis French vs Metropolitan French

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

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°
Metropolitan French

Parisian French · Standard French

The Paris-area standard of European French. Carried nationally by education and broadcasting; the reference point for most French taught abroad.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
48.86°, 2.35°

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