Meanings and Disambiguation
Langue d'oïl (in the singular), Oïl dialects and Oïl languages (in the plural) designate the ancient northern Gallo-Romance languages as well as their modern-day descendants. They share many linguistic features, a prominent one being the word oïl for yes. (Oc was and still is the southern word for yes, hence the langues d'oc or Occitan languages). The most widely spoken modern Oïl language is French (oïl was pronounced or, which has become, in modern French oui).
There are three uses of the term oïl:
- Langue d'oïl
- Oïl dialects
- Oïl languages
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