Savoyard dialect
| Savoyard | |
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| Savoyârd | |
| Native to | France, Italy, Switzerland |
| Region | Aosta Valley, Savoy, Valais |
| Native speakers | ± 35.000 speakers [1] (date missing) |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| 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 | – |
| Linguist List | frp-sav |
Savoyard is a dialect of Arpitan (Franco-Provençal). It is spoken in some territories of the historical Duchy of Savoy, nowadays a geographic area spanning France (in Savoie and Haute-Savoie) and Switzerland (in the canton of Geneva). The varieties are commonly known as patois. It has around 35 thousand speakers today.
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Some words [edit]
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).
Linguistic studies [edit]
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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Notes [edit]
- ^ 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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