Francien language

Historical language spoken in Île-de-France

Francien (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sjɛ̃]), also anglicized as Francian (), is a 19th-century term in linguistics that was applied to the French dialect that was spoken during the Middle Ages in the regions of Île-de-France (with Paris at its centre), Orléanais, as well as Touraine, Berry, and Bourbonnais before the establishment of the French language as a standard language. According to one theory of the development of French, Francien was chosen out of all the competing oïl languages as an official language (Norman and Picard being the main...