14 Facts About Quebec French

Quebec French, known as Quebecois French, is the predominant variety of the French language spoken in Canada.

Term is commonly used to refer to Quebec working class French, characterized by certain features often perceived as phased out, "old world" or "incorrect" in standardized French.

Quebec French either evolved from this language base and was shaped by the following influences or was imported from Paris and other urban centres of France as a koine, or common language shared by the people speaking it.

In 1774, the Quebec Act guaranteed French settlers as British subjects rights to French law, the Roman Catholic faith and the French language to appease them at a moment when the English-speaking colonies to the south were on the verge of revolting in the American Revolution.

Laws concerning the status of Quebec French were passed both on the federal and provincial levels.

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Quebec French's culture has only recently gained exposure in Europe, especially since the Quiet Revolution .

The difference in dialects and culture is large enough that speakers of Quebec French overwhelmingly prefer their own "home grown" television dramas or sitcoms to shows from Europe or the United States.

Conversely, certain singers from Quebec French have become very famous even in France, notably Felix Leclerc, Gilles Vigneault, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Celine Dion, and Garou.

The number of such shows from France shown on Quebec television is about the same as the number of British shows on American television even though French news channels like France 24 and a francophone channel based in France, TV5 Quebec Canada, are broadcast in Quebec.

Quebec French was once stigmatized, including by some Quebecois themselves as well as Metropolitan French and others in the Francophonie.

Quebec French'storically speaking, the closest relative of Quebec French is the 17th-century koine of Paris.

Some characteristics of European French are even judged negatively when imitated by Quebecers.

In Quebec French, one writes nearly universally une chercheuse or une chercheure "a researcher", whereas in France, un chercheur and, more recently, un chercheur and une chercheuse are used.

However, the characteristic differences of Quebec French syntax are not considered standard despite their high-frequency in everyday, relaxed speech.