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Let an agent explain the Oil language group and its varieties, describe their relation to French and their status, support learners and researchers, and describe history and revitalisation.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Oil language group and its varieties, describe their relation to French and their status, support learners and researchers, and describe history and revitalisation.
A group of Gallo-Romance language varieties of northern France, southern Belgium and the Channel Islands, distinguished historically by the word for yes, comprising French and its ancestor Francien together with regional varieties such as Picard, Walloon, Norman, Gallo, Champenois, Lorrain, Bourbonnais, Berrichon and Orleanais, and historical varieties such as Moselle Romance; the Oil languages descend from Latin, gave rise to standard French, and most regional varieties are now endangered.
What it is for: The northern Gallo-Romance language group.
It can be explain the group and varieties; describe relation to French and status; support learners and researchers; describe history and revitalisation.
Distinguishing features
Descended from Latin
Source of standard French
Regional varieties
Endangerment
What it looks like
Not physical; spoken and written varieties.
How it is recognised
Northern Gallo-Romance varieties
French and regional languages such as Picard and Walloon
The Oc languages of southern France form the other main group
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - a neighbouring language entry
is related to - another language entry
is related to - medieval Oil literature in verse
In practice
Families and kinds
French and Francien
Picard and Walloon
Norman and Gallo
central varieties such as Orleanais, Berrichon and Bourbonnais
eastern varieties such as Champenois and Lorrain
Standards and regulation
French language policy and regional language recognition
Belgian recognition of regional languages
Endangered language assessments
Failure modes and hazards
Treating regional varieties as mere dialects of French
Outdated speaker figures
Politicised presentation of language status
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the Oil languages are.
Linguistics.
Group
Group and varieties.
Group
Group.
- What varieties make up the Oil group, and how are they classified? provenance
- Is the group or a specific variety meant? boundary
French
Relation to French.
French
French.
- How did Francien become standard French, and how do other varieties relate to it? provenance
- Which entry fits French? action
Features Linguistic features.
Language.
Features
Shared and distinct features.
Features
Features.
- What phonological and grammatical features distinguish the Oil varieties from each other and from Oc? definition
- Which entry fits a specific variety? action
History
Historical development.
History
History.
- How did the Oil varieties develop from Latin through Old French? provenance
- Which entry fits Old French? action
Status Status and revitalisation.
Society.
Status
Status.
Status
Status.
- What is the status of regional Oil languages in France, Belgium and the Channel Islands, and how endangered are they? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral on language policy? boundary
Revitalise
Revitalisation.
Revitalise
Revitalisation.
- What efforts exist to teach and revitalise Picard, Walloon, Norman and other varieties? provenance
- Which entry fits language revitalisation? action
Learn Study and teaching.
Education.
Resources
Resources.
Resources
Resources.
- Which dictionaries, atlases and courses exist for Oil varieties? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the Oil languages be taught in Romance linguistics? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each variety be a separate entry?
- How should linguistic atlases be linked?
- How should revitalisation efforts be linked?