Savoyard dialect
| Savoyard | |
|---|---|
| Savoyârd | |
| Spoken in |  France Italy Switzerland |
| Region |  Aosta Valley Savoy Valais |
| Native speakers | ± 35.000 speakers [1] (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Italy (protected by statute). France (region language). |
| Regulated by | Institute Savoyard language |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Savoyard is a Romance language group with several distinct varieties that form a linguistic subgroup from the Arpitan (Franco-Provençal) language family. It is spoken in some territories of the historical Duchy of Savoy, nowadays a geographic area spanning France (in Savoie and Haute-Savoie), Switzerland (in the canton of Valais), and Italy (region of Aosta). The varieties are commonly known as patois. It has around 35 thousand speakers today.
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[edit] Some words
Several subdialects of Savoyard exist that exhibit unique features in terms of phonetics and vocabulary. Among them, many words have to do with the weather: bacan (French: temps mauvais); coussie (French: tempête); royé (French: averse); ni[v]ole (French: nuage); ...and, the environment: clapia, perrier (French: éboulis); égra (French: sorte d'escalier de pierre); balme (French: grotte); tova (French: tourbière); and lanche (French: champ en pente).
[edit] Linguistic studies
Savoyard has been the subject of detailed study at the Centre de dialectologie of the Stendhal University, Grenoble, currently under the direction of Michel Contini.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Le francoprovençal, langue oubliée, Gaston Tuaillon in Vingt-cinq communautés linguistiques de la France, tome 1, p.204, Geneviève Vernes, éditions L’Harmattan.
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