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°
Dialect comparison
Metropolitan French vs Quebec French
Compare two dialects of French side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Québécois · Joual
The dominant French variety of Canada. Strongly distinct from European French in vowel realisation, lexicon, and the colloquial Joual register.
- Approximate centre
- 46.81°, -71.21°
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