Arpitan language

Also known as Arpitan, Franco-Provençal language, Francoprovençal, Francoprovençal language, Romand, Romand language

Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a Gallo-Romance language that originated and is spoken in eastern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.

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Arpitan is a Romance language spoken by people in the border regions of eastern France, Switzerland, and northwestern Italy. It matters because it represents a distinct linguistic heritage of this Alpine region and offers insight into how languages evolved differently across these closely neighboring areas.

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Language.name: Franco-Provençal
Language.altname: Arpitan
Language.nativename: patouès, gaga, arpetan
Language.pronunciation: ;
Language.states: Italy, France and Switzerland
Language.region: Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Apulia, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Savoie, Bresse, Bugey, Dombes, Beaujolais, Dauphiné, Lyonnais, Forez, Romandie
Language.date: 2013
Language.ref: e18
Language.speakers2: 80,000 in France, 70,000 in Italy and 7,000 in Switzerland
Language.familycolor: Indo-European
Language.fam2: Italic
Language.fam3: Latino-Faliscan

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Classification
History
Origin of the name
Geographic distribution
Italy
France
Switzerland
Present status
Number of speakers
Linguistic structure
Typology and syntax
Morphology
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
Orthography
Numerals
Word comparisons
Dialects
Dialect examples
Toponyms
Italy
France
Switzerland
Literature
See also
Explanatory notes
Citations
General and cited sources
External links

Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a Gallo-Romance language that originated and is spoken in eastern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.

Franco-Provençal has several distinct dialects and is separate from but closely related to neighbouring Romance dialects (the langues d'oïl and the langues d'oc, in France, as well as Rhaeto-Romance in Switzerland and Italy).