The origins of Quebec French lie in the 17th- and 18th-century regional varieties (dialects) of early modern French, … See more

There is a continuum of intelligibility between Quebec and European French; the two are most intelligible in their more standardized forms and pose more difficulties in their dialectal forms. If a compariso… See more

Historically speaking, the closest relative of Quebec French is the 17th and 18th-century koiné of Paris.
Formal Quebec French uses essentially the same orthography and grammar as the French of F… See more