Franco-Provençal
Gallo-Romance language spoken in France, Italy and Switzerland
Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois, Gaga, Savoyard or Arpitan)[2] is a dialect group within Gallo-Romance originally spoken in east-central France, western Switzerland and northwestern Italy.
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patouès, gaga, arpetan | |
Native to | Italy, France, Switzerland |
Region | Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Foggia, Franche-Comté, Savoie, Bresse, Bugey, Dombes, Beaujolais, Dauphiné, Lyonnais, Forez, Romandie |
Native speakers | 227,000 (2013)[1] 150,000 in France, 70,000 in Italy, 7,000 in Switzerland[2] |
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ISO 639-3 | frp |
Glottolog | fran1269 |
ELP | Francoprovençal |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-j[4] |
Map of the Franco-Provençal language area:
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Franco-Provençal is also spoken in rural areas of French-speaking Switzerland.
In France, it is one of the three Gallo-Romance language families of the country (together with the langues d'oïl and the langues d'oc), and it is officially recognized as a regional language of France, but its use in the country is not widespread. Still, organizations are trying to keep it alive through cultural events, education, research, and publishing.
References
change- ↑ Franco-Provençal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Arpitan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ Norme in materia di tutela delle minoranze linguistiche storiche, Italian parliament
- ↑ "f" (PDF). The Linguasphere Register. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
Other websites
change Arpitan edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Arpitan Cultural Alliance, International Federation
- Francoprovencal.org Le site du francoprovençal
- Centre d'Études Francoprovençales of Saint-Nicolas, Aosta Valley