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Auvergnat

' (; ) or ' (endonym: ) is a northern dialect of Occitan spoken in central and southern France, in particular in the former administrative region of Auvergne.

Key facts

Language.name: Auvergnat
Language.states: France
Language.map: Auvergnat (occitan).png
Language.region: Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire, Allier, Cantal, Communities in Limousin
Language.speakers: 80,000
Language.date: 2004
Language.familycolor: Indo-European
Language.fam2: Italic
Language.fam3: Latino-Faliscan
Language.fam4: Latin
Language.fam5: Romance
Language.fam6: Italo-Western
Language.fam7: Western Romance
Language.fam8: Gallo-Romance
Language.fam9: Occitano-Romance
Language.fam10: Occitan
Language.iso3: auv
Language.iso3comment: (retired); subsumed in

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15 sections

Contents

Classification
History
Geographical distribution
A more precise view on Auvergnat boundaries
Language boundaries
Dialect boundaries
Definition boundaries
Internal variation
Subdialects
Linguistic vitality and usage
Authors
Poets
Songwriters
See also
References

' (; ) or ' (endonym: ) is a northern dialect of Occitan spoken in central and southern France, in particular in the former administrative region of Auvergne.

Currently, research shows that there is not really a true Auvergnat dialect but rather a vast northern Occitan linguistic area. The word "Auvergnat" is above all a local historiographical creation. According to linguist Jean Roux, "It is by simplification that we use this term, because in no case Auvergnat can be considered as an autonomous linguistic entity".