Old French
Gallo-Romance dialect continuum spoken from the 9th century to the middle of the 14th century
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Old French
Summary
Old French is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 0.57% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,311 views/month, #32 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Old French's instance of is recorded as language[3].
- Old French's instance of is recorded as historical language[4].
- Old French's instance of is recorded as extinct language[5].
- Old French's instance of is recorded as chronolect[6].
- Old French's instance of is recorded as language variety[7].
- Old French followed Proto-French[8].
- Old French was followed by Middle French[9].
- Old French is a type of Oïl[10].
- Old French's writing system is recorded as Latin script[11].
- Old French's Commons category is recorded as Old French language[12].
- Old French's Wikimedia language code is recorded as fro[13].
- Old French's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old French[14].
- Old French's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FRO[15].
- Old French's linguistic typology is recorded as V2 word order[16].
- Old French's linguistic typology is recorded as nominative–accusative language[17].
- Old French's linguistic typology is recorded as syllabic language[18].
- Old French's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language[19].
- Old French's has grammatical gender is recorded as feminine[20].
- Old French's has grammatical gender is recorded as masculine[21].
Why It Matters
Old French ranks in the top 0.57% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,311 views/month, #32 of 5,611).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]