Ethnologue 14 report for language code:FRA

FRANCO-PROVENÇAL: a language of France

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: FRA

ISO 639-2: roa

Population

Population total all countries 77,000 or more.

Region

Savoie, southeastern France, near the Italian and Switzerland borders. Also spoken in Italy, Switzerland.

Alternate names

PATOIS

Dialects

DAUPHINOIS, LYONNAIS, NEUCATELAIS, SAVOYARD.

Classification

Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, Southeastern.

Comments

Structurally separate language from Provençal, French, Piemontese, and Lombard (F. B. Agard). Bilingualism in French. Bible portions 1830.

Also spoken in:

Italy

Language name	FRANCO-PROVENÇAL
Population	70,000 in Italy (1971 census), including 700 Faetar speakers (1995 Naomi Nagy).
Dialects	VALLE D'AOSTA (PATOÉ VALDOTEN, VALDOTAIN, VALDOSTANO), FAETO (FAETAR), CELLE SAN VITO.
Comments	A structurally separate language from Provençal, French, Piemontese, and Lombard (F.B. Agard). Bilingualism in Italian, Piemontese. Most occasions. Bible portions 1830. See main entry under France.

Switzerland

Language name	FRANCO-PROVENÇAL
Population	7,000 in Valais Canton, Switzerland (1998).
Alternate names	PATOIS
Dialects	SAVOYARD, NEUCH-TELOIS, VALAISAN, VAUDOIS.
Comments	A structurally separate language from Provençal, French, Piemontese, and Lombard (F.B. Agard). Every canton in Switzerland has its own dialect, with no standardization. Difficult intelligibility among the dialects, and especially with Fribourg. Bilingualism in French. Valais Canton: young and old in Evolène commune; communes of Hérémence, Vex, Saint-Martin, Savièse, Nendaz, Cermignon, Fully, Arbaz, Ayent, Vissole, and other smaller villages in the central Valais, and persons in towns like Sion and Sierre, spoken by persons 50 and older, understood by persons 35-40. Fribourg Canton: rural areas as Gruyère. Dictionary. Bible portions 1830. See main entry under France.