Old French and Modern French are not mutually intelligible
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Historical and linguistic references indicate that Old French and Modern French lack mutual intelligibility due to significant phonological, lexical, and grammatical evolution over centuries.
... not have been entirely mutually intelligible . Their corresponding written languages , called " scriptas , " were ... Modern French is derived from the Francien dialect . The following description of the Old French ( Francien ) ...
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... Old French, and Modern French be recognized as three languages or as one? (If these are the same language, then how ... mutually intelligible to many speakers? Because many so-called dialects of English lack mutual intelligibility ...
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