Arpitan language
Gallo-Rhaetian language of Arpitania
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Summary
Arpitan language is a modern language[1]. It draws 4,306 Wikipedia views per month (modern language category, ranking #10 of 43).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: France[3], Switzerland[4], Italy[5]
- Named after: Alps[6]
- Subclass of: Gallo-Rhaetian[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8]
- Part of: regional languages of France[9]
- Commons category: Arpitan/Francoprovençal language[10]
- Wikimedia language code: frp[11]
- Said to be the same as: patois[12]
- Official website: http://geoarp.org/[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Franco-Provençal language[14]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 227,000[15]
- Replaces: Old Arpitan language[16]
- Native label: arpetan[17], patoué[18]
- Different from: Provençal[19], arpitan[20]
- UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[21]
- Indigenous to: Canton of Vaud[22], Ain[23], Doubs[24], Loire[25], Savoy[26], Rhône[27], Piedmont[28], Aosta[29], Aosta Valley[30]
- Female form of label: la langue arpitane[31]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FRP[32], http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-13307062X[33]
- Ethnologue language status: 8b Nearly Extinct[34]
- Linguistic typology: syllabic language[35], synthetic language[36]
- Related category: Category:Arpitan/Francoprovençal pronunciation[37]
Why It Matters
Arpitan language has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]