Poitevin dialect
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Poitevin | |
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poetevin | |
Native to | France |
Region | Poitou |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | poit1240 |
ELP | Poitevin |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-ha |
The Poitevin-speaking area |
Poitevin (poetevin) is a dialect of
The language is spoken on what was the border between the two language families of oïl and oc (placenames in the region clearly show historical settlement of oc speakers). The langue d’oïl subsequently spread south, absorbing oc features.
Poitevin is also widely referred to as parlanjhe (the language). François Rabelais wrote that he learned this dialect, along with many other languages and dialects, since he was educated in Fontenay-le-Comte. François Villon spoke some Poitevin as well.
The earliest attested written use of the language is in charters and legal documents dating from the 13th century; people who spoke it were known as the
In 1973, a standard orthography was proposed.
The easternmost part of the
References
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Oil". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ "Langues régionales". Ministère de la Culture (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ^ "Poitevin-saintongeais (dialecte)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-21.