What does Langues d'oïl mean in English?
Q: What does Langues d'oïl mean in English?
A: Langues d'oïl means "languages of yes" in English.
Q: Where did the Gallo-Romance languages develop from?
A: The Gallo-Romance languages developed from Latin in the northern territories of Roman Gaul.
Q: Which countries now occupy the territories where the Gallo-Romance languages developed?
A: The territories where the Gallo-Romance languages developed are now occupied by northern France, part of Belgium, and the Channel Islands.
Q: What are the Oïl languages and dialects?
A: The Oïl languages and dialects include Norman, Walloon, Picard, Gallo, Poitevin-Saintongeais, and Champenois.
Q: What language is the most widely spoken modern Oïl language?
A: The most widely spoken modern Oïl language is French.
Q: What common linguistic feature do the Oïl languages have?
A: One common linguistic feature of the Oïl languages is that Oïl was the ancestor of the word for yes that is used in all of the Oïl languages.
Q: What is the Occitan language also called and why?
A: The Occitan language is also called "langue d'oc" because "oc" is the word used in territories to the south, which means "yes".
