Meaning of Francien | Babel Free

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The dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.

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Examples

“There were about eleven dialects in Old French, but not all were of literary importance, and all were increasingly dominated from the end⟳ of the twelfth century by Francien, the language used by the royal court and the centralized administration in and around Paris.”

“The scarcity of texts localizable to the Ile-de-France region would seem to pose a serious challenge⟳ to Francien's privileged status.”

“Conversely, native Francien-speaking poets often displayed a degree of linguistic smugness and superiority.”

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