Newfoundland French

Newfoundland French
français terre-neuvien
Native to	Canada
Region	Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland
Native speakers	(undated figure of < 500[citation needed])
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Romance Oïl French Newfoundland French
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	fr-u-sd-canl
Historical Continental French settlements of Port-au-Port

Newfoundland French or Newfoundland Peninsular French (French: français terre-neuvien) 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 can trace their origins to Continental French fishermen who settled in the late 1800s and early 1900s, rather than the Québécois. Some Acadians of the Maritimes also settled in the area. For this reason, Newfoundland French is most closely related to the Norman and Breton French^{[clarification needed]} 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.

The degree to which lexical features of Newfoundland French constitute a distinct dialect is not presently known. It is uncertain how many speakers survive; the dialect could be moribund. There is a provincial advocacy organisation Fédération des Francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador, representing both the Peninsular French and Acadian French communities.