St. Marys Bay French

St. Mary's Bay French
français de la Baie Sainte-Marie (French)
RegionClare, Nova Scotia, Canada
EthnicityAcadians
Early forms
French alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
IETFfr-u-sd-cans
In this map of Acadian French, Clare is on the west of Nova Scotia.

St. Marys Bay French (French: français de la Baie Sainte-Marie) is a dialect of Acadian French spoken around St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia, specifically in the region of Clare, Nova Scotia. While sharing features with other dialects of Acadian French, it differs from these and other varieties of French in its morphology and phonology,[1] and to a lesser extent its lexicon.[2]

  1. ^ Ryan 1981
  2. ^ Massignon 1962