Old French
Gallo-Romance dialect continuum spoken from the 9th century to the middle of the 14th century
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Summary
Old French is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 0.57% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,281 views/month, #32 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: historical language[3], extinct language[4], chronolect[5], language variety[6]
- Follows: Proto-French[7]
- Followed by: Middle French[8]
- Subclass of: Oïl[9]
- Writing system: Latin script[10]
- Commons category: Old French language[11]
- Wikimedia language code: fro[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Old French[13]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FRO[14]
- Linguistic typology: V2 word order[15], nominative–accusative language[16], syllabic language[17], fusional language[18]
- Has grammatical gender: feminine[19], masculine[20]
Why It Matters
Old French has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]