American French

American French () is a collective term used for the varieties of the French language that are spoken in North America, which include:

• Canadian French
• Quebec French
• Joual
• Ontario French
• Métis French
• Acadian French
• Chiac
• St. Marys Bay French
• Brayon
• Newfoundland French
• in the United States:
• Frenchville French
• Louisiana French
• Missouri French
• Muskrat French
• New England French (a variety of Canadian French spoken in New England)
• Haitian French
• Saint-Barthélemy French
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon French

See also

• Americans in France
• Francophonie
• French-based creole languages
• French Guianese Creole
• Haitian Creole
• Karipúna French Creole
• Louisiana Creole
• Michif
• French America
• French Americans
• French language in Canada
• French language in the United States
• French language in Minnesota
• Varieties of French

Bibliography

• Robert Fournier & Henri Wittmann, éd., Le français des Amériques, Presses Universitaires de Trois-Rivières, 1995 .
• Patrice Brasseur, éd., Français d'Amérique: variation, créolisation, normalisation, Centre d'Études canadiennes, Université d'Avignon, 1998 .
• Henri Wittmann, «Le français populaire de Paris dans le français des Amériques», Proceedings of the International Congress of Linguists 16.0416 (Paris, 20-25 juillet 1997), Oxford, Pergamon (CD edition).
• Hubert Mansion, 101 mots à sauver du français d'Amérique, Michel Brulé, 2008 .