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Oïl

dialect continuum that includes French and its closest relatives
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Oïl

Summary

Oïl is a language family[1]. Oïl ranks in the top 3% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,908 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oïl is in the country of France[3].
  • Oïl is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • Oïl is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Oïl's instance of is recorded as language family[6].
  • Oïl is a type of Gallo-Rhaetian[7].
  • Oïl's Commons category is recorded as Oïl languages[8].
  • Oïl comprises Angevin[9].
  • Oïl comprises Berrichon[10].
  • Oïl comprises Bourbonnais[11].
  • Oïl comprises Burgundian[12].
  • Oïl comprises Champenois[13].
  • Oïl comprises Franc-Comtois[14].
  • Oïl comprises Francien[15].
  • Oïl comprises French[16].
  • Oïl comprises Gallo[17].
  • Oïl comprises Lorrain[18].
  • Oïl comprises Norman[19].
  • Oïl comprises Orleanais[20].
  • Oïl comprises Picard[21].
  • Oïl comprises Poitevin-Saintongeais[22].
  • Oïl comprises Walloon[23].
  • Oïl comprises Zarphatic[24].
  • Oïl comprises Moselle Romance[25].
  • Oïl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oïl languages[26].

Why It Matters

Oïl ranks in the top 3% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,908 views/month).[2] Oïl has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Oïl is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Belgium France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Arctic Circle System · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → France, Belgium, Switzerland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q39]]"
  2. 18w ago · Arctic Circle System · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Angevin, Berrichon, Bourbonnais +14
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q1549176]]"
  3. 22w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Oïl languages
    Country → France, Belgium, Switzerland
    Instance of → language family
    Subclass of → Gallo-Rhaetian
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||uk, gsw, de, es, mg, ro, sv */ #pwb Copy label"
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