History of The French Language

In this video, we discuss the language of France, how it developed, and then how it spread around the world.

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Music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Songs:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach]
Majestic Hills
Lord of the Land

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[doigtsfrancaisfroids]

I'm throughly impressed. Of course, you hit my nationastlic feelings by mentioning Cajun French and the long history that we have. In North America, Les Québécois take most of the action, but we're fighting for our language too. :D

[meeeabb]

Disclaimer : french isn't an official language in Algeria despite the fact that it is widely used in different fields and services.

[ebenizerb.schlestertrappdu]

Comme d'habitude, ce fut très intéressant. Merci!

[indigo]

As a French citizen, I feel grateful about the Cajuns who kept their language. With the other Acadians and of course the people from Quebec, the French language as it was spoken two centuries ago was preserved, while in main France our language changed a lot.
I feel grateful about people al around the world who tries to lurn my language that I love

[linkluver_izn]

As a huge francofile and french student livin in Missouri I’d like to point just a few cool details

1. The French R developed after ‘Old French’ so if you hear recreations of old French it sounds much more like other Romance languages.
2. There is actually another branch of North American French that’s called Missouri French or Paw Paw French. It likely will die out in the next 20-40 years and is rapidly dying but it’s quite interesting none the less.

[thomashughes]

18:15 - (Just tossing this out there for discussion) - The Babylonians used a base 60 because those angles were very easy to divide. Adding a 30-60-90 right triangle (1, 2, 3^(1/2)) to a 45-45-90 triangle (1, 1, 2^(1/2)) would give you 15 degrees. Making sundials for several thousands of years was super easy to get the hour lines.


Also, the factors of 60 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60. These are very easy to calculate lever (pullies and gears) ratios as well.


The French 60 is easier before the base 10 system on very practical levels.


Of course (off-topic), the Mayans and Aztecs used base 20 systems, which were just as practical with 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, and 20 factors, which helped them map the heavens. Fun stuff!

[stuarttusspot]

My French self is very pleased with this video. It is just as good as the video you made on France's history. Please keep it up my good sir :)

[lucisferre]

Excellent video, as always. I could have watched another hour of this, easily.

[CoqPwner]

As a native French, I find English's grammar the simplest among the three languages I know. (English, French and Spanish, though my Spanish is terrible)

Can't say about how easy it is to learn though, as I learned English as a child, when it was much easier than Spanish, that I studied later on.

[jeremiedomenico]

Vive le Québec et la langue française !! ⚜️💙🌎

[frenchopotamus]

It is amazing how fast you can learn a language when you *have* to. I went to France for a month with a pocket dictionary. By day 3 I could order food and ask directions. By the end of the first week, I was thinking and even dreaming in French. When I left, I could understand most normal conversation, and engage in some myself. Upon returning to the states I passed a first year language exam from a French university. Shortly after I went to Louisiana and couldn't understand a word of their French.

[colink.]

I love your French speaking and non-use of any accent other than your own. Right on brother!

I love it! Bravo. Keep history pure and always be yourself 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂😂😂

[samuel.col]

This is the perfect continuation of the video about latin. Keep up the good work and happy new year.

[ceasarandrepont]

As a man of French/Canjun/ Creole lineage of Louisiana. I really enjoy your thesis and you summarize it beautifully. Your French accent needs work. French was the spoken language in my family.

[edoboss]

I strongly wish that you'll do a video about my native language, Italian, in the style of these documentaries about Latin and French. Keep up with the good content, always a pleasure to watch <3

[bhromur]

Je trouve que tu as très bien traité le sujet, merci pour la vidéo.

[maxfarley]

The Romans also had a version of caballo, caballus, which was used instead of equus in vulgar latin.

[alexandredufresne]

j'aime beaucoup ton accent ! And I love the scripting & content, you're really really good I really admire what you're doing YouTube would prove such a dark place without people like you! Sincères amitiés l'ami !

[jeanclaudealexo]

Fantastic video man. Was looking for some motivation to gear up my French learning and you def provided it!

[Alithel]

Would love to see a history of Wales and how it's been shaped over time