Gaumais
E506576
Gaumais is a regional Romance dialect spoken in the Gaume area of southern Belgium, closely related to other Lorrain varieties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaumais canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romance dialect
ⓘ
regional language variety ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Lorrain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Luxembourgish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Standard French NERFINISHED ⓘ Walloon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| geographicProximityTo |
French Lorraine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grand Est region of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gaumais lorrain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaume dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorrain gaumais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Gaume identity
ⓘ
local folklore of Gaume ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCode | ISO 639-3: xga ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
gender distinction between masculine and feminine nouns
ⓘ
verb conjugations distinct from Standard French ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | several thousand (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant system similar to other Oïl dialects
ⓘ
nasal vowels similar to French ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | word order broadly similar to French ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Lorraine linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French
ⓘ
Luxembourgish NERFINISHED ⓘ Walloon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intergenerationalTransmission | declining ⓘ |
| isNot | official language of Belgium ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| partOf | Lorrain dialect continuum ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | regional language in Wallonia ⓘ |
| region | southern Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
local associations promoting use
ⓘ
local cultural events in Gaumais ⓘ publication of texts in Gaumais ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaume NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Oïl languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | inhabitants of Gaume ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folk songs
ⓘ
local literature ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.