Vivaro-Alpine

E86995

Vivaro-Alpine is a Romance language variety traditionally spoken in parts of southeastern France and northwestern Italy, often considered a transitional form between Occitan and neighboring Alpine dialects.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Vivaro 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Occitan dialect
Romance language variety
hasAlternativeName Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
surface form: Alpine Occitan

Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
Vivaroalpine
hasCulturalAssociation Alpine communities of France and Italy
Occitan
surface form: Occitan culture
hasDialect Alpin d’oc
Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
surface form: Alpine Provençal

Dauphiné
surface form: Dauphinois

Gavot
Vivaro-Alpine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vivaro

Vivarois
hasISOStatus covered by macrolanguage code for Occitan
hasLinguisticFeature occitan vowel system with Alpine influences
phonological traits influenced by neighboring Franco-Provençal and Piedmontese varieties
use of clitic pronouns similar to other Occitan varieties
hasStatusInFrance recognized as a regional language of France
hasStatusInItaly minority language with limited recognition in some regions
isEndangered true
isPartOf Occitan
surface form: Occitan linguistic area
languageBranch Gallo-Romance languages
surface form: Gallo-Romance
languageFamily Romance languages
neighboringLanguage Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
surface form: Franco-Provençal

Italian language
surface form: Italian

Piedmontese
Metropolitan French
surface form: Standard French
spokenIn France
Italy
spokenInRegion Alps NERFINISHED
Western Alps NERFINISHED
northwestern Italy NERFINISHED
southeastern France
subclassOf Gallo-Romance language
Indo-European language
Occitan
surface form: Occitan language
threatenedBy language shift to French
language shift to Italian
transitionalBetween Alpine Romance dialects
Occitan
usedAs regional language
usedIn folk songs
local storytelling
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Occitan hasDialect Vivaro-Alpine
Vivaro-Alpine hasDialect Vivaro-Alpine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vivaro
lenga d'òc hasDialect Vivaro-Alpine