TIL that at the time of the French Revolution the majority of people in France did not speak French. It is estimated that at the time of the French Revolution in 1789, only half of the population of France could speak French, and as late as 1871 only a quarter spoke French as their native language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_France
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@todayilearned Damn. I'm French and today I learned that too.
@charles (Si tu veux creuser la question, de mémoire la vidéo de Linguisticae sur l'ordonnance de Villers-Cotterêts était plutôt sympa.)
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