Poitevin

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Poitevin is a Romance language and regional cultural identity from the Poitou area of western France, closely related to other langues d’oïl.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language
cultural identity
langue d’oïl
minority language
associatedWith Poitou culture
Poitou-Charentes NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo French language NERFINISHED
Saintongeais NERFINISHED
country France
culturalRegion Pays poitevin NERFINISHED
currentlySpokenBy mainly older generations
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName poitevin-saintongeais NERFINISHED
hasCulturalIdentity Poitevin people NERFINISHED
hasDialectContinuumWith Saintongeais NERFINISHED
hasLexicalSimilarityWith French language NERFINISHED
Saintongeais NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticFeatures traits intermediate between French and Occitan areas
hasOrthographicVariation multiple competing spelling norms
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom French language
hasRevitalizationEfforts local associations
historicallyDerivedFrom Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED
historicallySpokenBy rural population of Poitou
historicalRegion Poitou NERFINISHED
ISOStatus has individual ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
linguisticType vernacular language
recognizedAs regional language of France
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED
shiftedTowards Standard French NERFINISHED
spokenIn Poitou NERFINISHED
western France NERFINISHED
subfamily Gallo-Romance languages NERFINISHED
Oïl languages NERFINISHED
taughtIn some regional education programs
UNESCOStatus definitely endangered (approximate classification)
usedFor folk literature
local toponymy
oral tradition
usedIn local theater
song
storytelling
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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