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French of France
France French Metropolitan French Hexagonal French Standard French
français de France français de métropole français métropolitain français hexagonal français standard
Native to	France
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latinic Romance Italo-Western Western Gallo-Iberian Gallo-Romance Gallo-Rhaetian? Arpitan–Oïl Francien zone French French of France
Early forms	Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French Middle French
Writing system	Latin (French alphabet) French Braille
Official status
Official language in	France
Regulated by	Académie française (French Academy)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguasphere	51-AAA-i
IETF	fr-FR

French of France (French: français de France [fʁɑ̃sɛ də fʁɑ̃s]) is the predominant variety of the French language in France, Andorra and Monaco, in its formal and informal registers. It has, for a long time, been associated with Standard French. It is now seen as a variety of French alongside Acadian French, Belgian French, Quebec French, Swiss French, etc.

Phonology

Paris

In Paris, nasal vowels are no longer pronounced as in traditional Parisian French: /ɑ̃/ → , /ɛ̃/ → , /ɔ̃/ → and /œ̃/ → . Many distinctions are lost: /a/ and /ɑ/, /ɛ/ and /ɛː/, /ø/ and /ə/, /ɛ̃/ and /œ̃/ and /nj/ and /ɲ/. Otherwise, some speakers still distinguish /a/ and /ɑ/ in stressed syllables, but they pronounce the letter "â" as : pâte .

Southern region

In the south of France, nasal vowels have not changed and are still pronounced as in traditional Parisian French: enfant , pain , bon and brun . Many distinctions are lost. At the end of words, most speakers do not distinguish /e/ and /ɛ/: both livré and livret are pronounced . In closed syllables, they no longer distinguish /ɔ/ and /o/ or /œ/ and /ø/: both notre and nôtre are pronounced , and both jeune and jeûne are pronounced . The distinctions of /a/ and /ɑ/ and of /ɛ/ and /ɛː/ are lost. Older speakers pronounce all es: chaque and vêtement .

Northern region

In the north, both /a/ and /ɑ/ are pronounced as at the end, with là is pronounced and mât . Long vowels are still maintained: tête , côte .

Lorraine

Phonemic long vowels are still maintained: pâte and fête . Before /ʁ/, /a/ changes to : guitare is pronounced and voir .

See also

• Languages of France

References

1. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Glottolog 4.8 - Shifted Western Romance". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
2. Peske, Mary (August 1981). The French of the French Cree (Michif) Language (MA thesis). University of North Dakota.
3. "Les Accents des Français". accentsdefrance.free.fr.

• French language
• Languages of France
• French language in France