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Canadian French ((フランス語:français canadien)) is the various varieties of French spoken in Canada. In 2005, the total number of speakers of French in Canada (including two million non-fluent speakers) was .〔()〕 French is the mother tongue of more than seven million Canadians, a figure constituting around 22% of the national population.〔"2011 Census of Canada".〕 At the federal level it has co-official status alongside English. At the provincial level of government, French is the sole official language of Quebec and is one of two official languages of New Brunswick, as well as co-official (derived from its federal legal status) in Nunavut, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Government services are offered in French at the provincial level in Manitoba, in certain areas of Ontario (through the French Language Services Act), and to a variable extent elsewhere. ''New England French'', a variety spoken in parts of New England in the United States, is essentially a variety of Canadian French. ==Varieties== ''Quebec French'' is spoken in Quebec. Closely related varieties are spoken by francophone communities in Ontario, Western Canada, Labrador and in the New England region of the United States and differ from Quebec French primarily by their greater conservatism. The term ''Laurentian French'' has limited application as a collective label for all these varieties, and ''Quebec French'' has also been used for the entire dialect group. The overwhelming majority of francophone Canadians speak this dialect. ''Acadian French'' is spoken by over 350,000 Acadians in parts of the Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland, the Îles de la Madeleine, and Gaspé peninsula.〔(Ethnologue report for Canada )〕 ''Métis French'' is spoken in Manitoba and Western Canada by the Métis, descendants of First Nations mothers and voyageur fathers during the fur trade. Many Métis spoke Cree in addition to French, and over the years they developed a unique mixed language called Michif by combining Métis French nouns, numerals, articles and adjectives with Cree verbs, demonstratives, postpositions, interrogatives and pronouns. Both the Michif language and the Métis dialect of French are severely endangered. ''Newfoundland French'' is spoken by a small population on the Port-au-Port Peninsula of Newfoundland. It is endangered — both Quebec French and Acadian French are now more widely spoken among Newfoundland francophones than the distinctive peninsular dialect. ''Brayon French'' is spoken in the Beauce of Quebec; Edmunston, New Brunswick; and Madawaska, Maine. Although superficially a phonological descendant of Acadian French, analysis reveals it is morphosyntactically identical to Quebec French.〔Geddes, James (1908). ''Study of the Acadian-French language spoken on the north shore of the Baie-des-Chaleurs''. Halle: Niemeyer; Wittmann, Henri (1995) "Grammaire comparée des variétés coloniales du français populaire de Paris du 17e siècle et origines du français québécois." in Fournier, Robert & Henri Wittmann. ''Le français des Amériques''. Trois-Rivières: Presses universitaires de Trois-Rivières, 281–334.()〕 It is believed to have resulted from a localized levelling of contact dialects between Québécois and Acadian settlers. ''New England French'' is spoken in parts of New England in the United States. Essentially a local variant of Quebec French, it is one of three major forms of French that developed in what is now the U.S., the others being Louisiana French and the nearly-extinct Missouri French. It is endangered, though its use is supported by bilingual education programs in place since 1987.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian French」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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