What is Old French?
{{Infobox language |name=Old French |nativename={{lang|fro|Franceis}}, {{lang|fro|François}}, {{lang|fro|Romanz}} |pronunciation = {{IPA-all|fɾãntsejs|}}, {{IPA-all|fɾãntsɔjs|}}, {{IPA-all|romãnts|}} |region=northern [[France in the Middle Ages|France]], parts of [[Belgium]] ([[Wallonia]]), [[Norman England|England]], [[Norman Ireland|Ireland]], [[Kingdom of Sicily]], [[Principality of Antioch]], [[Kingdom of Cyprus]] |era=evolved into [[Middle French]] by the 14th century |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Italic languages|Italic]] |fam3=[[Romance languages|Romance]] |fam4=[[Western Romance languages|Western]] |fam5=[[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]] |fam6=Gallo-Rhaetian |fam7=[[Langue d'oïl|Oïl]] |iso2=fro |iso3=fro |glotto=oldf1239 |glottorefname=Old French |notice=IPA }} '''Old French''' was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in 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]]. This was different from the langue d'oc ([[Occitan language]], also then called Provençal), whose territory bordered that of Old French to the south. The [[Franconian Dialect|Old Frankish language]] added many words to Old French after the conquest by the tribe of the [[Franks]], of the portions of Roman [[Gaul]] that are now [[France]] and [[Belgium]], during the [[Migration Period]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:French language]]