Savoyard Arpitan

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Savoyard Arpitan is a regional variety of the Arpitan (Franco-Provençal) language traditionally spoken in the Savoy region of the western Alps.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Savoyard 2
Savoyard Arpitan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Franco-Provençal dialect
dialect
regional variety of Arpitan
classificationDebate sometimes considered a group of local varieties rather than a single uniform dialect
closelyRelatedTo Lyonnais Arpitan
Valdôtain Arpitan
country France
culturalAssociation Alpine rural traditions
Savoyard identity
distinctFrom French language
linked to: French

Italian language
Occitan language
linked to: Occitan
endangermentStatus endangered
geographicFeature spoken in valleys and mountain areas of the western Alps
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Franco-Provençal koine
French
hasPhonologicalFeature palatalization of Latin consonants typical of Arpitan
hasSociolinguisticFeature diglossia with French
language shift and decline in intergenerational transmission
hasVernacularName arpitan savoyard
patois savoyard
historicalTerritory Duchy of Savoy
ISO639Macrolanguage Franco-Provençal (frp)
languageBranch Gallo-Romance languages
languageFamily Romance languages
linguisticAncestor Vulgar Latin
minorityLanguageStatus regional language in France
partOfDialectContinuum Arpitan dialect continuum
regionOfUse Alpine communities
rural areas of Savoy
shiftedTowards French
subdivisionOf Arpitan language
Franco-Provençal language
timePeriod traditionally spoken since the Middle Ages
traditionalRegion Haute-Savoie
Savoie
Savoy
western Alps
linked to: Western Alps
usedBy older generations in Savoy
usedIn oral communication
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Arpitan hasDialect Savoyard Arpitan
Valaisan Arpitan closelyRelatedTo Savoyard Arpitan
Joseph de Maistre ethnicGroup Savoyard
linked to: Savoyard Arpitan
Clement VII nationality Savoyard
linked to: Savoyard Arpitan