Savoyard dialect
| Savoyard | |
|---|---|
| savoyârd | |
| Native to | France |
| Region | Savoy |
Native speakers | 35,000[1] |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Franco-Provençal protected by statute in Italy[2] |
| Regulated by | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | savo1253 |
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Savoyard is a dialect of the Franco-Provençal language. It is spoken in some territories of the historical Duchy of Savoy, nowadays a geographic area spanning Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France and the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The varieties are commonly known as patois. It has around 35,000 speakers today.
Some words[]
Several subdialects of Savoyard exist that exhibit unique features in terms of phonetics and vocabulary. This includes many words that 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[]
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.
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Le francoprovençal, langue oubliée, Gaston Tuaillon in Vingt-cinq communautés linguistiques de la France, tome 1, p.204, Geneviève Vernes, éditions L’Harmattan.
- ^ Norme in materia di tutela delle minoranze linguistiche storiche, Italian parliament
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- Franco-Provençal language
- Languages of France
- Arpitania