" langue d'oil " and " langue d'oc " ????

Question

" langue d'oil " and " langue d'oc " ????

Answer 1

The langue d'Oc refers to the language of southern France and the langue d'Oil to the language of Northern France. During the medieval period these were very distinct languages with Langue d'oc spoken south of a line running, from Bordeaux to Grenoble.

The two dialects were named after their respective words for “yes,” oc having been the form of “yes” in the south and oïl (now oui) having been used for “yes” in the north.

Answer 2

no oil in the langue. It is langue d'oï

Answer 3

Two old languages (versions of old french) from France.  "Oil" was spoken in the north and "oc" was spoken in the south. There is a region now known as Languedoc.

Answer 4

Langues d'oïl is the linguistic and historical designation of the Gallo-Romance languages which originated in the northern territories of Roman Gaul now occupied by northern France, part of Belgium and the Channel Islands.

Langue d'oc was the vehicle for the influential poetry of the medieval troubadours. With the gradual imposition of French royal power over its territory, Langue d'oc declined in status from the 14th century on. By the Edict of Villers-Cotterets (1539) it was decreed that the langue d'oil (Northern French) should be used for all French administration. Langue d'oc's greatest decline was during the French Revolution, where diversity of languages was seen as a threat. The literary renaissance of late 19th century, including a Nobel Prize for Frédéric Mistral was however watered down by the First World War where Langue d'oc speakers spent extended lengths of time alongside French-speaking comrades.