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.
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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