From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 63060
Date: 2009-02-16
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From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: [tied] Franco-Provençal
Franco-Provençal, according to what I've read, is a mis-nomer. The term came
because the FP group of dialects had some of the innovations that French had
vis-a-vis Provençal, but not all.
It was once spoken in Lyons, Franche-Comté and surrounding areas of France,
all of French Switzerland and Savoy. Its remaining stronghold is Val
d-Aosta, where Valdoten remains the everyday language for the locals.
Everywhere else, it is regarded as a patois spoken only by the most
ignorant.
See Wikipedia and form your own conclusions
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographe_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence_B
7 000 people in 1995 in Val d'Aoste
What a stronghold !
Fortunately, a maoist Movement Harpitanya is actively promoting liberation.
What a relief !
Should be saved from extinction...
A.