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Cambodian French is a French dialect spoken in Cambodia. A dialect (from the Greek word Î´Î¹Î¬Î»ÎµÎºÏ„Î¿Ï‚, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...

It dates back to the French colonization of Indochina in 1863. To make the local inhabitants — especially Khmer and Chinese — understand French, colonists taught French to the locals, although the locals taught them their own language and even some Chinese spoken variants such as Teochew and Cantonese. This French dialect was influenced by Khmer and Chinese spoken variants, and was spoken by children of married French men and Khmer or ethnic Chinese women. This is still used as a second language in schools, universities, and government, although most of the younger generations and members of the business world choose to learn English. French Indochina was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, part of the French colonial empire. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... The Khmer people are the main ethnic group in Cambodia, accounting for 90% of the 13 million people in the country. ... Spoken Chinese The Chinese spoken language(s) comprise(s) many regional variants. ... Teochiu can refer to: Chaozhou(潮州), a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. ... Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: ç²µèªž; Simplified Chinese: ç²¤è¯, Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: Yueyu, Yá»¥et (Guangdong) language) is one of the major dialect groups or languages of the Chinese language or language family. ... Khmer is one of the main Austroasiatic languages. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Dialects of the French language

French in Europe: France French (Français Méridional, Orléanais, Bourbonnais-Berrichon) •
Belgian French • Français d'Aoste • Swiss French • Jersey Legal French
French in North America: Canadian French (Acadien, Québécois, Terre-Neuvien) • Cajun French
French in Africa: African French (Maghreb)
French in Asia: Cambodian French • Vietnamese French French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... FranÃ§ais MÃ©ridional is a regional variant of the French language, strongly influenced by Occitan and so widely spoken in Occitania. ... OrlÃ©anais is a former province of France, around the cities of OrlÃ©ans, Chartres, and Blois. ... Belgian French is the variety of French spoken by the french speakers of Belgium, alongside related minority regional languages like the Walloon language, the Picard language, Champenois and Gaumais. ... The FranÃ§ais dAoste (Aoste French) is spoken in the Aosta region of Italy, where there is a significant French population. ... Swiss French (Suisse romand in French) is the name used for the different dialects of French spoken in the Francophone part of Switzerland known as Romandy. ... This official stone which marks the inauguration of a municipal office in 1999 bears the names of the ConnÃ©table and the Procureurs du Bien Public of Saint Helier. ... French is one of Canadas two official languages; the other is English and is the language of the majority (see Canadian English). ... Acadian French (le franÃ§ais acadien) is a dialect of French spoken by the Acadians in the Canadian Maritimes provinces and the Saint John River Valley in northern Maine. ... Quebec French or QuÃ©bÃ©cois French is a dialect of French spoken natively by the great majority (82. ... Newfoundland French is a dialect of French that was once spoken by settlers in the French colony of Newfoundland. ... Cajun French is a dialect of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana, particularly in Lafayette Parish and St. ... French in Africa is present and spoken by many people. ... Vietnamese French is a dialect of French spoken in Vietnam. ...

Acadian French - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (742 words)
	Acadian French (le français acadien) is a dialect of French spoken by the Acadians in the Canadian Maritimes provinces and the Saint John River Valley in northern Maine.
	Cajun, a French dialect of Louisiana, is descended from Acadian French.
	It is descended from the dialects in France of Anjou and Poitou, and retains features obliterated during the French standardization efforts of the 19th century, such as the pronunciation of the final syllable (-ent) in the third-person plural verb form, e.g.

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