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Lorrain dialect

Lorrain
Gaumais
Region North eastern France, Belgium
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog lorr1242
Langues d'oïl.PNG
Lorrain, at the east among other oïl languages

Lorrain is a dialect (often referred to as patois) spoken by a minority of people in Lorraine in France, small parts of Alsace and in Gaume in Belgium. It is a langue d'oïl.

It is classified as a regional language of France and has the recognised status of a regional language of Wallonia, where it is known as Gaumais. It has been influenced by Lorraine Franconian and Luxembourgish, Germanic languages spoken in nearby or overlapping areas.



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