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Acadians were an earlier emigrant wave from France, so their French sounds like that from the 18th century plus developments.

The Québécois were about 100 years later, so their French is like the 19th century plus developments.

African French dates from the colonial period, so it sounds more like early 20th century French plus developments.

That’s how I understand it to be.



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