PoitevinâSaintongeais | |
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poetevinâsĂ©ntunjhaes | |
Native to | France |
Region |
Pays de la Loire Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Native speakers | 200,000â300,000 (2017) [1] |
Early forms | |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | roa-poi |
Glottolog |
poit1240 Poitevin
sant1407 Santongeais |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-ha |
The Poitevin-Saintongeais-speaking area |
PoitevinâSaintongeais (French: poitevinâsaintongeais, pronounced [pwatvÉÌ sÉÌtÉÌÊÉ]; PoitevinâSaintongeais: poetevin-sĂ©ntunjhaes; [3] also called Parlanjhe, Aguiain or Aguiainais in French) is a language spoken in the regions of the Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. PoitevinâSaintongeais is officially recognised by the French Ministry of Culture as a language with two dialects: Poitevin and Saintongeais. [4] The language belongs to the langues d'oĂŻl subbranch of the Gallo-Romance languages.
Some descendants of PoitevinâSaintongeais speakers became the Acadian people of Atlantic Canada as well as the Cajun people of Louisiana.[ citation needed]
The dialects of this language are peculiar to the historical regions and provinces of Poitou and Saintonge. It is classified as severely endangered by UNESCO. [5]
PoitevinâSaintongeais | |
---|---|
poetevinâsĂ©ntunjhaes | |
Native to | France |
Region |
Pays de la Loire Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Native speakers | 200,000â300,000 (2017) [1] |
Early forms | |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | roa-poi |
Glottolog |
poit1240 Poitevin
sant1407 Santongeais |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-ha |
The Poitevin-Saintongeais-speaking area |
PoitevinâSaintongeais (French: poitevinâsaintongeais, pronounced [pwatvÉÌ sÉÌtÉÌÊÉ]; PoitevinâSaintongeais: poetevin-sĂ©ntunjhaes; [3] also called Parlanjhe, Aguiain or Aguiainais in French) is a language spoken in the regions of the Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. PoitevinâSaintongeais is officially recognised by the French Ministry of Culture as a language with two dialects: Poitevin and Saintongeais. [4] The language belongs to the langues d'oĂŻl subbranch of the Gallo-Romance languages.
Some descendants of PoitevinâSaintongeais speakers became the Acadian people of Atlantic Canada as well as the Cajun people of Louisiana.[ citation needed]
The dialects of this language are peculiar to the historical regions and provinces of Poitou and Saintonge. It is classified as severely endangered by UNESCO. [5]