Arpitan

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Arpitan is a Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of France, Switzerland, and Italy, particularly in the Alpine region.

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

Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
surface form: Francoprovençal

Patouès
closelyRelatedTo French
Occitan
hasDialect Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
surface form: Aostan Arpitan

Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
surface form: Fribourgeois Arpitan

Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
surface form: Lyonnais Arpitan

Savoyard Arpitan
Valaisan Arpitan
hasGlottocode fran1260
hasISO639-3Code frp
hasLinguasphereCode 51-AAA-j
hasStandardizationBody Conseil de la langue francoprovençale
surface form: Fédération des Langues Régionales de France (for Arpitan)
historicalDevelopment developed from Vulgar Latin
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages
Romance languages
recognizedAs minority language of Italy
minority language of Switzerland
regional language of France
region eastern France
surface form: Eastern France

northwestern Italy
surface form: Northwestern Italy

Alps
surface form: Western Alps

Western Switzerland
revitalizationEffort bilingual signage in some regions
community language courses
spokenIn Alps
surface form: Alpine region

Aosta Valley
Bresse
France
Fribourg
surface form: Fribourg (canton)

Geneva
Italy
Jura (canton) NERFINISHED
Lyonnais
Neuchâtel (canton) NERFINISHED
Piedmont
Savoy
Switzerland
Valais
status endangered language
subgroupOf Gallo-Romance languages
usedFor oral communication
usedIn local literature
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin script

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subject surface form: Franco-Provençal
subject surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Savoie regionalLanguage Arpitan