What would Canada be like if every province had its own unique official language?

Question

Right now it's really sort of like Outside Quebec = English

Inside Quebec plus Ottawa plus border crossings= dual French-English

But what if to make Canada more colourful, you have 10 distinct languages:

1) Newfoundlandish = New language mixing of Gaelic and old English

2) Nova Scotian

3) Prince Edward Islandish - Uses the word "of" a lot because of Anne OF Green Gables

4) Quebec French - will stay unchanged

5) Ontarian - a New variation on modern English with a very Canadian accent

6) Manitoba - Mixture of Ukrainian, Polish, Swedish, and Scottish English

7) Saskatchewanian - Sort of a slower take on English with all new vocabulary

8) Albertan - Similar to English but every sentence will end with the words "Oil Rig" if it's a statement, "Crude" if you're asking a question, "Calgry if it's an exclamation/ interjection.

9) British Columbian

Yukon Territorian - Inuit -English hybrid language

Northwest TY and Nunavut - Same concept as Yukon

Answer 1

if that were to happen it would be very sad because none of those are actual languages, they are just a blend of already existing languages all mushed up and massacred.

so i think it should stay to English and french, but that's a very creative idea you had.

Answer 2

As a francophone de souche I took offence to your omitting NB since my brother used to live in Bathurst, there it's a bilingual community just as are many of the small towns near Ottawa (like Thurso, Montebello, Hull, Gatineau, Hawksbury) some of the syntax in Acadie can be quite amusing, examples including:

Piscine de Bathurst Pool

Centre Irving Centre

Ruisseau Murray Brook

One would think people would know a given word in both languages but it's not always the case.

Salut!

Bye!

Answer 3

New Brunswick is already actually an officially bilingual province... and I find it odd that you suggest outside Quebec is all English - PEI has bilingual street signs even though it is an English province, and you pretty large french communities in Ontario, New Brunswick (obviously being bilingual), Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. I have encountered francophones from across Canada including the prairies and BC.

And, in your vein.... at least call it Scova Notian and Islander, as the jokes about that already exist. It'd sure be a pain in the *** though.

Answer 4

this question has no merit...really

Answer 5

Thirteen diferent countries.  

The only reason Quebec is staying is that they would be broke within weeks if they seperated.