Arpitan

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A language of France

ISO 639-3
frp
Alternate Names
Francoprovençal, Patois
Population

60,000 in France (Salminen 2007). Population total all countries: 137,000.

Location

Savoy, Ain, Rhône, Loire, northern and central Isère, southern Jura and Doubs departments. Also in Italy, Switzerland.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

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

Dauphinois, Lyonnais, Neuchatelais, Savoyard. Structurally distinct from French, Piemontese [pms], and Lombard [lmo] (1985 F. Agard). In Switzerland, every canton has its own dialect, with no standardization. Difficult intelligibility among dialects, especially Fribourg.

Language Use

Most or all are elderly. Also use French [fra].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 100% in French. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1830.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arpitan
Writing
Latin script.

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