Vivaro-Alpine dialect
| Vivaro-Alpine | |
|---|---|
| vivaroaupenc | |
| Native to | France, Italy |
| Region | Southern France, Occitan Valleys |
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Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog |
gard1245 (Gardiol)
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| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-gf & 51-AAA-gg |
Vivaro-Alpine (Occitan: vivaroalpenc, vivaroaupenc) is a variety of Occitan spoken in southeastern France (namely, around the Dauphiné area) and northwestern Italy (the Occitan Valleys of Piedmont and Liguria). There is also a small Vivaro-Alpine enclave in the Guardia Piemontese, Calabria, where the language is known as gardiòl. It belongs to the Northern Occitan dialect block, along with Auvergnat and Limousin.
Vivaro-Alpine had been considered as a sub-dialect of Provençal, and named provençal alpin (Alpine Provençal) or Northern Provençal.
Its use in the Dauphiné area has also led to the use of dauphinois or dauphinois alpin to name it. Along with Ronjat and Bec, it is now clearly recognized as a dialect of its own.
The UNESCO Atlas of World's languages in danger uses the Alpine Provençal name, and considers it as seriously endangered.
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