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En réponse à Padraic Brown :
I always thought it was funny! None of the British Romance languages have a third person second person form; which with Francien (and presumably Narbonósc) forms a nice counterbalance to the more southerly languages that do.
Actually, Narbonósc is kind of in-between: in the singular politeness is done like in Italian, i.e. using the 3sg feminine, but in the plural there is no distinction and the 2pl is used both for formal and informal address. Probably through influence of Francien, the 2pl for polite 2sg does exist, but is usually considered *too* polite. It's what you'd use with a king or such, but France doesn't have a king anymore, so it's considered too much :)) .
Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.frYou need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.