Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)

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Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) is a Romance language historically spoken in parts of France, Switzerland, and Italy, distinct from both French and Occitan and now considered endangered.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gallo-Romance language
Romance language
endangered language
minority language
alternativeName Arpitan
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
surface form: Francoprovençal

Patois
Patouès
closelyRelatedTo French
Occitan
developedFrom Vulgar Latin
distinctFrom French
Occitan
glottocode fran1260
hasDialects Cellese
Faetar
Fribourgeois
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lyonnais dialect

Savoyard
Valais
surface form: Valaisan

Aosta Valley
surface form: Valdôtain
hasLanguageAcademy Conseil de la langue francoprovençale
hasMorphologicalFeature use of partitive article similar to French
hasPhonologicalFeature retention of Latin /k/ and /g/ before front vowels in many dialects
hasRevitalizationEfforts community associations in France, Switzerland, and Italy
hasSociolinguisticFeature strong influence from French in modern usage
ISO639-2Code frp
ISO639-3Code frp
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages
Romance languages
recognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn Aosta Valley
Fribourg
surface form: Fribourg (canton)

Piedmont
Canton of Valais
surface form: Valais (canton)
region Arpitania
spokenIn Aosta Valley
Bresse
France
Fribourg
surface form: Fribourg (canton)

Italy
Lyon
surface form: Lyonnais

Piedmont
Romandy
Savoy
Switzerland
Canton of Valais
surface form: Valais (canton)
status endangered
subfamily Gallo-Romance languages
surface form: Gallo-Romance
UNESCOStatus definitely endangered
usedIn regional music and songs
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Savoyard Arpitan subdivisionOf Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal language
Savoyard Arpitan closelyRelatedTo Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Valdôtain Arpitan
Savoyard Arpitan closelyRelatedTo Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Lyonnais Arpitan
Savoyard Arpitan hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal koine
Savoyard Arpitan ISO639Macrolanguage Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal (frp)
Valaisan Arpitan subdivisionOf Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal
Valaisan Arpitan closelyRelatedTo Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Lyonnais Arpitan
Valaisan Arpitan hasAlternativeName Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Valaisan Franco-Provençal
Belley regionalLanguage Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal
historical province of Franc-Lyonnais localLanguage Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
subject surface form: Franc-Lyonnais
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal
Genevois historical region languageRegion Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal
French-speaking Aosta Valley recognizedLanguage Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal
historical province of Bresse language Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
subject surface form: Bresse
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal
Vivarois neighboringDialect Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
this entity surface form: Franco-Provençal