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.

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Label Occurrences
Lorrain Romance canonical 1

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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

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

Lorraine languageTradition Lorrain Romance