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This page is problematic for a number for reasons. First, it doesn't explain well the major phonological difference between Standard French and Meridional French, ie mid vowel alternations. Secondly, there are some problems with the IPA. . . gros isn't pronounced with a voiceless velar fricative (which makes sense since [g] is voiced). That phoneme is only devoiced word finally in a minority of speakers (as per Durand, a great scholar of this variety of French. Denasalisation of vowels is by no means categoric as suggested by this page; instead it is non-phonemic, but vowels may indeed be nasalized via assimilation to following nasal consonants. Brun is not pronounced ``as standard`` (sic) but with a postvocalic nasal consonant.

Finally, it doesn't cite any resources. Here is a recent paper on Meridional French in English: http://www.eggparm.com/AChabotMAthesis.pdf and google searches for Coquillon, Eychenne, and Durand will result in a number of relevant hits for any who might wish to improve this page. 76.123.59.27 (talk) 23:45, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

i) I'm not sure who added the IPA - perhaps those who did could respond?
ii) The bits I'd written are from the French Wikipedia, which appears to cite[1] as a source. I'm not sure where the more recent changes come from, though. Again, it would be advisable for recent editors to address this here on the talk page. -- The Great Gavini 08:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article title

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Mmm I have a funny feeling we would call this something different in English. Any ideas? - 19:53, 25 January 2006 (UTC) The Great Gavini tu peux parler avec moi, t'sais

Indeed, all the other French dialect pages have English names. Perhaps "Meridional French"? Although "meridional" is an obscure word in English, it is perhaps the most appropriate translation. Lesgles (talk) 03:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regional, of what region?

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Folk, you've managed to write an article about a regional dialect without mentioning where this region is :-) What dialect is this? The south of France dialect? Any information added to the article would be useful, thanks. Gronky 01:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Occitania, as per this article's introduction. The Occitania article has it as [t]he southern half of France: Provence, Drôme-Vivarais, Auvergne, Limousin, Guyenne, Gascony and Languedoc. French is the main language in most parts of this area. -- The Great Gavini 08:13, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]