Historical variety of French used from the mid-14th century to the early 17th century
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Middle French
françois, franceis
Region
France
Era
Evolved into Modern French by the early 17th century
Language family
Indo-European
Italic
Latino-Faliscan
Romance
Italo-Western
Western
Gallo-Romance
Oïl
Middle French
Early forms
Old Latin
Classical Latin
Vulgar Latin
Old Gallo-Romance
Old French
Language codes
ISO 639-2
frm
ISO 639-3
frm
Glottolog
midd1316
Middle French (French: moyen français) is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the mid-14th to the early 17th century.[1][2] It is a period of transition during which:
the French language became clearly distinguished from the other competing Oïl languages, which are sometimes subsumed within the concept of Old French (l'ancien français)
the French language was imposed as the official language of the Kingdom of France in place of Latin and other Oïl and Occitan languages
the literary development of French prepared the vocabulary and grammar for the Classical French (le français classique) spoken in the 17th and 18th centuries.
It is the first version of French that is largely intelligible to Modern French speakers, contrary to Old French.
^Ducos, Joëlle; Soutet, Olivier (2012). L'ancien et le moyen français. PUF. p. 4. ISBN 978-2-13-061687-0.
^"Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500)". ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine. 2015.
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