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FRP ISO 639-3

Arpitan

Arpitan Autonym

A language of France

ISO 639
frp
Alternate Names
Franco-provençal, Patois, Romand, arpetan, francoprovençal, patouès
Autonym
Arpitan
Population
150,000 in France (2013). Total users in all countries: 227,000.
Location:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region: Ain, north and central Isere, Loire, Rhone, and Savoy departments; Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region: Doubs, Haute-Alpes, south Jura, and Saone-et-Loire departments; Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region: border area.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct). Recognized language (2013, Law No. 595), Education.
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, Piedmontese [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
Elderly only. Shifted to French [fra].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 100% in French [fra]. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible portions: 1830.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arpitan
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Arpitan
User Population
7,000 in Switzerland (1998).
Location
Bern canton: Bernese Jura; Fribourg canton: de la Broye, de la Glane, de la Sarine, de la Veveyse, and la Gruyere; Geneva, Neuchâtel, and Vaud cantons; Valais canton: d’Entremont, d’Herens, de Sierre de Monthey, Saint-Maurice, districts.
Dialects
Savoyard, Neuchâtelois, Valaisan, Vaudois.
Language Status
8a (Moribund)
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Language Name
Arpitan
User Population
70,000 in Italy (Salminen 2007).
Location
Valle d’Aosta region; Piedmont region: Turin province.
Dialects
Valle D’aosta (Patoé Valdoten, Valdostano, Valdotain), Faeto (Faetar), Celle San Vito.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
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Map

Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region: Ain, north and central Isere, Loire, Rhone, and Savoy departments; Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region: Doubs, Haute-Alpes, south Jura, and Saone-et-Loire departments; Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region: border area.