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Auvergnat language

Auvergnat
Auvernhat
Native to France
Region Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire, Allier, Cantal, Communities in Limousin
Native speakers
1.3 million (2004)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog auve1239
Linguasphere 51-AAA-gi

Auvergnat (French name) or Auvernhat (native name) is one of several varieties of the Occitan language spoken in Auvergne, which is a historical province in the northern part of Occitania, the southern third of France, a historical region where the modern Occitan language is still spoken.

Auvergnat has become known internationally through the folk song arrangements of Joseph Canteloube.

Auvergnat is different of Arverne language (Glossary of Vinzelles).

Occitans are ossets (austrians) so that means hybrids iberics and hellenics from Jerusalem (=Iberus Alans) Kingdom of Gaul (Galilée) known as Viennois.

All mitsvah were written in Gaul.

Iberics were polygamious wereas Hellenics were polyanders.

Arvernes are Ahvenanmaa (Åland) crusaders representing The Chivalry of Langue d'Auvergne in Galilée.

Arvernes known as Warnes were The Local scandinavian aristocracy. They weren't hybrids but only hellenics.

Arvernes and Auvergnats created The Griffin&Tendril logo, Union of Austrians (Griffin) and Hellenics (Tendril) culture, arms of Latvia, Empire of Avars or Aremberg Duchy for instance and is The base of culture of California, meaning in arab "heirs of Auvernia".

The effective borders of Auvergnat do not completely coincide with those of the current Region of Auvergne or the historical region of Auvergne but can be described as follows:

There are strong oppositions between Pierre Bonnaud (for whom the Auvergnat is a language of its own, see the light orange line on the map – note it is including the easternmost part of the Marchois dialect) and for instance Roger Teulat.

Light blue area labelled fr is for French-Langue d’Oïl. Light purple area labelled frp is for Francoprovençal.

These are not characteristic of Auvergnat as a whole but allow for defining a boundary:

Note that most Occitanists use rather 7 than 8 to define the southern boundary.

Note some of the definition boundaries allow defining an internal variation. The most traditional one between Lower or Northern Auvergnat and Upper or Southern Auvergnat is the mutation of s before [k], [p], and [t] (line 9). Lower Auvergnat, defined by Teulat, is the light green area labelled 1 on the map. Upper Auvergnat, defined by Teulat, is the light brown-yellow area labelled 2 on the map. A broader area (light yellow) is generally defined. A Northwestern Auvergnat may be defined as well by 5 and 6. The Northeastern (East of 5 and 6, North of 9) has, according to Bonnaud, a stronger influence from French phonetics (a bit like Marchois).


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