Lorrain | |
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Gaumais | |
Region | North eastern France, Belgium |
Indo-European
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | lorr1242 |
Lorrain, at the east among other oïl languages
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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.