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Meanwhile, the French spoken in England was stigmatised as a provincial variety by French speakers from the Continent, [6] particularly because the Anglo-Norman language that was spoken by the elites had taken on a syntactical structure that resembled English. Some nobles had simply shifted to English entirely.
During the late 14th century, English became the main spoken language, but Latin and French continued to be exclusively used in official legal documents until the beginning of the 18th century. Nevertheless, the French language used in England changed from the end of the 15th century into Law French, that was used since the 13th century. [15]
The Pleading in English Act 1362 (36 Edw. 3 Stat. 1.c. 15), [1] often rendered Statute of Pleading, was an Act of the Parliament of England.The Act complained that because the Norman French language was largely unknown to the common people of England, they had no knowledge of what was being said for or against them in the courts, which used Law French.
Distribution of the French language in Europe. Spoken by 12% of the EU population, French is the second most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union, after German; it is also the third most widely known language of the Union, after English and German (33% of the EU population report to know how to speak English, whilst 22% of ...
The 2021 census recorded 163,517 French passport holders resident in England and Wales. [10] The number of residents of England and Wales born in France was recorded as 155,322. [11] Of the French-born people recorded by the 2011 census, 66,654 (48.4 per cent) lived in Greater London and 22,584 (16.4 per cent) in South East England.
Norman or Norman French (Normaund, French: Normand ⓘ, Guernésiais: Normand, Jèrriais: Nouormand) is a langue d'oïl. [5] [6] The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to describe the administrative languages of Anglo-Norman and Law French used in England.
French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]
The Lord Darcy alternative history stories take place in a world where Richard I of England lived much longer and managed to unite England and France under his rule; by the 20th century, Anglo-French is a common language spoken by the inhabitants on both sides of the Channel, and there is no doubt surrounding them being a single people.