From: george knysh
Message: 63065
Date: 2009-02-16
> Franco-Provenç al, according to what I've read, is aI think the English version says 70,000. Leave it to those linguacides in French Wikipedia to decimate the language ;p
> 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
>
> ============
> 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.