Vivaro-Alpine | |
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Vivaroalpenc, Vivaroaupenc | |
Spoken in | France |
Region | Southern France |
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Indo-European
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-gf & 51-AAA-gg |
Vivaro-Alpine (English name) or Vivaroalpenc, Vivaroaupenc (native name) is the northeastern dialect of the Occitan language.[1][2] It belongs to the Northern Occitan dialectal group. Vivaro-Alpine is spoken in Southern France and North-Western Italy, and in the remote Guardia Piemontese, Calabria, where it is known as gardiol. The other Northern Occitan dialects are Limousin and Auvergnat.
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Vivaro-Alpine had been considered as a sub-dialect of Provençal, and named provençal alpin (Alpine Provençal) or Northern Provençal.[3]
Its use in the Dauphiné area has also lead to the use of dauphinois or dauphinois alpin to name it.[4] Along with Ronjat[4] and Bec,[5] it is now clearly recognized as a dialect of its own.
The UNESCO Atlas of World's languages in danger[6] uses the Alpine Provençal name, and considers it as seriously endangered.
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