Old French
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| + | '''Old French''' was the [[Romance languages|Romance]] [[dialect continuum]] spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern [[France]] and parts of modern [[Belgium]] and [[Switzerland]] from around [[1000]] to [[1300]]. It was then known as the [[Langues d'oïl|''langue d'oïl'']] (oïl language) to distinguish it from the ''[[Occitan language|langue d'oc]]'' (Occitan language, also then called [[Provençal]]), whose territory bordered that of Old French to the south. | ||
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Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300. It was then known as the langue d'oïl (oïl language) to distinguish it from the langue d'oc (Occitan language, also then called Provençal), whose territory bordered that of Old French to the south.
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