Franco-Provençal leid

No tae be ramfeeselt wi Provençal, ane o the byleids o the Occitan leid.

Franco-Provençal (Francoprovençal), Arpitan, or Romand (in Swisserland) (Vernaculary: francoprovençâl, arpetan, patoué; Italian: francoprovenzale, arpitano; French: francoprovençal, arpitan, patois) is a Gallo-Romance leid spoken in east-central Fraunce, wastren Swisserland, an the Italian Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta). Franco-Provençal haes mony byleids an is different frae but closely relatit tae naurby Romance leids: Oïl leids, Occitan, Gallo-Italian, an Romansh. The name Franco-Provençal wis gien tae the leid bi G.I. Ascoli in the 19t century acause it shared featurs wi French an Provençal athoot belangin tae either. Arpitan, a neologism, is becomin a popular name for the leid an the fowk that speak hit.^[1]

Franco-Provençal
Arpitan
patouès, arpetan
Pronunciation	[patuˈe], [patuˈɑ]
Native tae	Italy, Fraunce, Swisserland
Region	Aosta Valley, Piemont, Foggia, Franche-Comté, Savoie, Bresse, Bugey, Dombes, Beaujolais, Dauphiné, Lyonnais, Forez, Romandie
Native speakers	(est.) 113,400
Leid faimily	Indo-European Italic Romance Wastren Gallo-Iberie Gallo-Romance Franco-Provençal
Writin seestem	Laitin
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	protectit bi statute in Italy an Aosta Valley Autonomous Region.
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	frp
Linguasphere	51-AAA-j
Cairt o the Franco-Provençal Leid Aurie: Daurk Blue: Protectit. — Medium Blue: General regions. Licht Blue: Historical transition zone.
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See forby

• Leid policy in Fraunce
• Leids o Italy
• Leids o Fraunce
• Leids o Swisserland
• Vergonha