Franco-Provençal
Gallo-Romance language spoken in France, Italy and Switzerland
Franco-Provençal
Franco-Provençal or Francoprovençal, also known as Arpitan or Patois (endonyms include arpetan and patouès), is a Gallo-Romance language that originated and is spoken in eastern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy; since the 13th century a Franco-Provençal language island in southern Italy has survived too. Franco-Provençal has several distinct dialects and is separate from but closely related to neighbouring Romance dialects (the langues d'oïl and the langues d'oc, in France, as well as Rhaeto-Romance in Switzerland and Italy). Even with all its distinct dialects counted together, the number of Franco-Provençal speakers has been declining significantly and steadily. According to UNESCO, Franco-Provençal was already in 1995 a "potentially endangered language" in Italy and an "endangered language" in Switzerland and France. Ethnologue classifies it as "nearly extinct". The designation Franco-Provençal (Franco-Provençal: francoprovençâl; French: francoprovençal; Italian: francoprovenzale...
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