Quebec French , also known as Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language spoken in Canada. It is the dominant language of the province of Quebec, used in everyday communication, in education, the … See more

Standardization
Although Quebec French constitutes a coherent and standard system, it has no objective norm as the very organization mandated to … See more

Like other varieties, Quebec French is characterized by increasingly wide gaps between its formal and informal forms. Notable differences … See more

In their syntax and morphology, Quebec French verbs differ very little from the verbs of other regional dialects of French, both formal and informal. The distinctive characteristics of Quebec French verbs are restricted mainly to:
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Historically speaking, the closest relative of Quebec French is the 17th and 18th-century koiné of Paris.
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For phonological comparisons of Quebec French, Belgian French, Meridional French, and Metropolitan French, see French phonology See more

• In common with the rest of the Francophonie, there is a shift from nous to on in all registers. In post-Quiet Revolution Quebec, the use of informal tu has become widespread in many situations that had previously called for a semantically … See more