Champenois

language

Key facts

Native to: France , Belgium
Region: Champagne-Ardenne , Île-de-France ( Seine-et-Marne ), Namur
Language family: Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latinic Romance Italo-Western Western Gallo - Iberian Gallo-Romance Gallo-Rhaetian? Arpitan – Oïl Oïl Francien and Frankish zones Champenois
Early forms: Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French
Dialects: Eastern Western
Iso 639 3: –
Glottolog: cham1332

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Champenois (lou champaignat) is a Romance language among the langues d'oïl spoken by a minority of people in Champagne and Île-de-France provinces in France, as well as in a handful of towns in southern Belgium (chiefly the municipality of Vresse-sur-Semois).

While it is classified as a regional language of France, it also has recognized status as a regional language in Wallonia, a region of Belgium. Champenois is considered an endangered language by the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages.