Middle French
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Middle French is the historical stage of the French language used roughly between the 14th and 17th centuries, marking the transition from Old French to Modern French.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Classical French | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romance language variety
ⓘ
historical language stage ⓘ stage of the French language ⓘ |
| approximateEndDate | 17th century ⓘ |
| approximateStartDate | 14th century ⓘ |
| codificationDate | 1539 ⓘ |
| codifiedBy | Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Old French ⓘ |
| developedInto |
Middle French
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical French
Early Modern French ⓘ |
| follows | Old French ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
development of modern French pronoun system
ⓘ
emergence of more fixed word order ⓘ expansion of vocabulary through Latin and Greek borrowings ⓘ gradual reduction of case system ⓘ increasing standardization of spelling ⓘ loss of many Old French inflectional endings ⓘ transition from synthetic to more analytic grammar ⓘ |
| influenced |
Modern French orthography
ⓘ
Modern French syntax ⓘ Modern French vocabulary ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ regional Oïl dialects ⓘ |
| isoStatus | has no separate ISO 639-3 code from French ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| legalStatus | language of royal ordinances in France ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the French language ⓘ |
| precedes |
French
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern French
|
| region | Western Europe ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Burgundy
ⓘ
French-speaking regions of Europe ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| standardizationCenter | Paris ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Gallo-Romance languages
ⓘ
Oïl languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Clément Marot
ⓘ
François Rabelais ⓘ Joachim du Bellay ⓘ Pierre de Ronsard ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration
ⓘ
law ⓘ literature ⓘ royal chancery documents ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
14th century
ⓘ
15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ early 17th century ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Classical French