Lorrain Romance

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Lorrain Romance is a regional Romance language variety spoken in parts of Lorraine in northeastern France, distinct from both standard French and neighboring dialects like Alsatian and Lorraine Franconian.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lorrain Romance canonical 3
Lorrain gaumais 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oïl language ⓘ
Romance language ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
contactWith Alsatian ⓘ
French language ⓘ
linked to: French

German dialects ⓘ
Lorraine Franconian ⓘ
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
developedFrom Gallo-Romance ⓘ
Vulgar Latin ⓘ
distinctFrom Alsatian ⓘ
French language ⓘ
linked to: French

Lorraine Franconian ⓘ
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
groupedUnder frp or other Oïl macrocodes in some classifications ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Lorrain ⓘ
Lorrain dialect ⓘ
Romanche lorrain ⓘ
hasConsonantFeature palatalization patterns typical of Oïl languages ⓘ
hasDialect Argonnais ⓘ
Gaumais ⓘ
Messin ⓘ
Verdunois ⓘ
Vosgien ⓘ
hasISOStatus no individual ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Alsatian ⓘ
German ⓘ
Lorraine Franconian ⓘ
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
hasMorphologicalFeature use of partitive articles similar to other Oïl languages ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature retention of Latin /k/ before front vowels in some varieties ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature limited intergenerational transmission ⓘ
mainly spoken by older generations ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasVowelFeature nasal vowels similar to French but with regional realizations ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
historicalRegion Duchy of Lorraine ⓘ
languageFamily Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Oïl languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
languageShiftTo French language ⓘ
linked to: French
recognizedAs regional language of France ⓘ
region Grand Est ⓘ
spokenIn France ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
northeastern France ⓘ
subgroupOf Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ
Oïl languages ⓘ
usedIn folk songs ⓘ
oral tradition in Lorraine ⓘ
regional literature ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lorraine → languageTradition → Lorrain Romance ⓘ
Gaumais → hasAlternativeName → Lorrain gaumais ⓘ
linked to: Lorrain Romance
Metz dialect → subclassOf → Lorrain Romance ⓘ
Metz dialect → languageGroup → Lorrain Romance ⓘ