What is the closest language to French?
Is it Portuguese?
Is it Portuguese?
Closest Language to French
Major Romance Languages? If so, then may I say:
Italian -grammar
Portuguese - pronunciation
Spanish -writing
Theses however, two DIALECTS within France et al. would be the closest ones to French:
Occitan
Gascon
Italian -grammar
Portuguese - pronunciation
Spanish -writing
Theses however, two DIALECTS within France et al. would be the closest ones to French:
Occitan
Gascon
The most closely-related languages to French are Provençal, Gascon and Occitan.
Difficult question...
The occitan is a "brother" language of French (Oïl), stemming from the same "gallo-roman" language.
The occitan is even divided into 3 big groups: the Gascon, Meridional, and Nothern groups.
to hear occitan (Se canta, very famous):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2h3kpY0XQ8
provençal dialect (La coupo Santo):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxjxnItFFlo
Gascon dialect (Jan petit):
http://sylvie.plantevin.free.fr/S...ation/JanPetit/e-JanPetit-JBP.mp3
http://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imatge:Los_dialectes_de_l%27occitan.jpg
But in my opinion the most similar language of French can be the Arpitan (or Franco-provençal) between Occitan and Oïl languages.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Francoprov.GIF
The occitan is a "brother" language of French (Oïl), stemming from the same "gallo-roman" language.
The occitan is even divided into 3 big groups: the Gascon, Meridional, and Nothern groups.
to hear occitan (Se canta, very famous):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2h3kpY0XQ8
provençal dialect (La coupo Santo):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxjxnItFFlo
Gascon dialect (Jan petit):
http://sylvie.plantevin.free.fr/S...ation/JanPetit/e-JanPetit-JBP.mp3
http://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imatge:Los_dialectes_de_l%27occitan.jpg
But in my opinion the most similar language of French can be the Arpitan (or Franco-provençal) between Occitan and Oïl languages.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Francoprov.GIF
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! You are all mad. What are you saying guests?? Everybody knows the closest language to French is Thai
>>But in my opinion the most similar language of French can be the Arpitan (or Franco-provençal) between Occitan and Oïl languages.<<
Wouldn't the closest languages to French be the other oïl languages (Walloon, Picard, Champenois, Bourguignon, Norman, Gallo, Poitevin-Saintongeais, etc.)?
Wouldn't the closest languages to French be the other oïl languages (Walloon, Picard, Champenois, Bourguignon, Norman, Gallo, Poitevin-Saintongeais, etc.)?
« Guest » : « Wouldn't the closest languages to French be the other oïl languages (Walloon, Picard, Champenois, Bourguignon, Norman, Gallo, Poitevin-Saintongeais, etc.)? ».
Si, tout à fait.
Si, tout à fait.
Adam : « The most closely-related languages to French are Provençal, Gascon and Occitan. »
Et le personnage d'Antimoon le plus proche de l'idiotie, c'est qui à ton avis ?
Et le personnage d'Antimoon le plus proche de l'idiotie, c'est qui à ton avis ?