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Newfoundland French
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Newfoundland French
Newfoundland French
or
Newfoundland Peninsular French
, refers to the French spoken on the
Port au Port Peninsula
(part of the so-called “
French Shore
”) of
Newfoundland
. The
francophones
of the region are unique in Canada, tracing their origins to
Continental French
fishermen who settled in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and not to the
Québécois
, or
Acadians
of
the Maritimes
. For this reason, Newfoundland French is most closely related to the
Norman
and
Breton
French of nearby
St-Pierre-et-Miquelon
. Today, heavy contact with
Acadian French
—and especially widespread
bilingualism
with
Newfoundland English
—have taken their toll, and the community is in decline.
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