Arpitan

FRP

moribund

Alternate Names: Francoprovençal, Patois

Dialects: Dauphinois, Lyonnais, Neuchatelais, Savoyard. Structurally distinct from French, Piemontese ,, and Lombard , (1985 F. Agard). In Switzerland, every canton has its own dialect, with no standardization. Difficult intelligibility among dialects, especially Fribourg.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Italic
Romance
Italo-Western
Western
Gallo-Iberian
Gallo-Romance
Gallo-Rhaetian
Oïl
Southeastern

Demographics: 60,000 in France (Salminen 2007). Population total all countries: 137,000.

Language Use: Most or all are elderly. Also use French [fra].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 100% in French. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1830.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: France