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Oïl

dialect continuum that includes French and its closest relatives
Language language_family Q37351
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Summary

Oïl is a language family[1]. Oïl ranks in the top 3% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,033 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3], Belgium[4], Switzerland[5]
  • Subclass of: Gallo-Rhaetian[6]
  • Commons category: Oïl languages[7]
  • Has part(s): Angevin[8], Berrichon[9], Bourbonnais[10], Burgundian[11], Champenois[12], Franc-Comtois[13], Francien[14], French[15], Gallo[16], Lorrain[17], Norman[18], Orleanais[19], Picard[20], Poitevin-Saintongeais[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oïl languages[22]

Why It Matters

Oïl has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Oïl is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Belgium France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Arctic Circle System · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → France, Belgium, Switzerland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country: Switzerland"
  2. 20w ago · Arctic Circle System · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Angevin, Berrichon, Bourbonnais +14
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): Moselle Romance"
  3. 23w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Oïl languages
    Country → France, Belgium, Switzerland
    Instance of → language family
    Subclass of → Gallo-Rhaetian
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||uk, gsw, de, es, mg, ro, sv */ #pwb Copy label"
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