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page 1Acadian French
Acadian French
French variety of Maritime eastern Canada
Newfoundland French
dialect
Chiac
thumb|An immigrant couple living in Massachusetts, [[United States, speaking a version of Chiac.]]
Chiac (or Chiak, Chi’aq) is a patois of Acadian French spoken mostly in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada. Chiac is frequently characterized and distinguished from other forms of Acadian French by its borrowings from English and is thus often mistakenly considered a form of Franglais.