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Auvergnat ( / ˌ oʊ v ɛ r n ˈ j ɑː / ) or Occitan auvergnat ( endonym : auvernhat ) is a northern dialect of Occitan spoken in central and southern France , in particular in the former administrative region of Auvergne .

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15-1385: Villefranche may refer to: Places in France [ edit ] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [ edit ] Villefranche-d'Allier , Allier department Villefranche-le-Château , Drôme department Villefranche-sur-Saône , Rhône department Bourgoigne-Franche-Comté [ edit ] Villefranche, Yonne , Yonne department Centre-Val de Loire [ edit ] Villefranche-sur-Cher , Loir-et-Cher department Grand Est [ edit ] Villefranche, former municipality, now part of Saulmory-et-Villefranche , Meuse department Nouvelle-Aquitaine [ edit ] Villefranche-de-Lonchat , Dordogne department Villefranche-du-Périgord , Dordogne department Villefranche-du-Queyran , Lot-et-Garonne department Occitania [ edit ] Villefranche, Gers , Gers department Villefranche-d'Albigeois , Tarn department Villefranche-de-Conflent , Pyrénées-Orientales department Villefranche-de-Lauragais , Haute-Garonne department Villefranche-de-Panat , Aveyron department Villefranche-de-Rouergue , Aveyron department Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur [ edit ] Villefranche-sur-Mer , Alpes-Maritimes department Places in Italy [ edit ]

30-560: A village in Quart, Aosta Valley Other uses [ edit ] Jacques-Melchior Villefranche (1829–1904), French Catholic publicist Villefranche XIII Aveyron , semi-professional rugby league football club from Villefranche-de-Rouergue Villefranche – Tarare Airport (IATA: XVF), the airport of Villefranche-sur-Saône See also [ edit ] Villafranca (disambiguation) Vilafranca (medieval town) All pages with titles containing Villefranche Topics referred to by

45-428: A whole but allow for defining a boundary: Note that most Occitanists use rather 7 than 8 to define the southern boundary. Note some of the definition boundaries allow defining an internal variation. The most traditional one between Lower or Northern Auvergnat and Upper or Southern Auvergnat is the mutation of s before [k], [p], and [t] (line 9). Lower Auvergnat, defined by Teulat, is the light green area labelled 1 on

60-469: Is an independent language, distinct from Occitan, has found little resonance with linguists, especially Romance linguists. It is strongly defended by those who espouse the norme bonnaudienne a standardization of Auvergnat. An understanding of the vitality and overall usage of Auvergnat can be garnered from a survey carried out in 2006 in the Auvergne region. The largest group of the two languages spoken in

75-618: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Villefranche-d%27Allier Villefranche-d'Allier ( French pronunciation: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ dalje] ; Auvergnat : Vilafrancha (d'Alèir) ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France . This Allier geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Auvergnat dialect Currently, research shows that there

90-404: Is not really a true Auvergnat dialect but rather a vast northern Occitan linguistic area. The word "Auvergnat" is above all a local historiographical creation. According to linguist Jean Roux, "It is by simplification that we use this term, because in no case Auvergnat can be considered as an autonomous linguistic entity". With around 80,000 speakers in the Auvergne region at the beginning of

105-514: Is written mainly in French but which contains an Auvergnat section of 66 lines. Auvergnat had been replaced by French in official usage in the Montferrand already in 1388. French had also supplanted Auvergnat as the language of the upper classes, but it remained the language of rural communities. The effective borders of Auvergnat do not completely coincide with those of the current Region of Auvergne or

120-550: The 21st century, it is considered to be severely endangered . Auvergnat falls under the following categories and subcategories: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Occitan. Several troubadours were from the Auvergne, including Castelloza , Dalfi d'Alvernhe , the Monje de Montaudon , the Vesques de Clarmon , Peire d'Alvernhe , Peire Rogier and Pons de Capduelh . They did not, however, compose in

135-515: The Auvergnat dialect, but in the standard literary register of Old Occitan . Official documents in Auvergnat become common around 1340 and continue to be found down to 1540, when the transition to French was complete. The high point for the use of Auvergnat as an official language was between 1380 and 1480. There is a passion play , Passion d'Auvergne , first performed in Montferrand in 1477, that

150-405: The Auvergne region is referred to as patois (78% of the population) compared with other regional terms, with certain cultural identities emerging, such as auvergnat (10%), occitan (8%), bourbonnais (5%) or langue d'oc (4%). The regional language, whether Occitan (in the whole of the Auvergne region) or Oïl (the north of Allier), represents a strong presence in the region: A large part of

165-520: The historical region of Auvergne but can be described as follows: There are strong oppositions between Pierre Bonnaud (for whom the Auvergnat is a language of its own, see the light orange line on the map – note it is including the easternmost part of the Marchois dialect) and for instance Roger Teulat. Light blue area labelled fr is for French-Langue d'Oïl. Light purple area labelled frp is for Francoprovençal. These are not characteristic of Auvergnat as

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180-670: The map. Upper Auvergnat, defined by Teulat, is the light brown-yellow area labelled 2 on the map. A broader area (light yellow) is generally defined. A Northwestern Auvergnat may be defined as well by 5 and 6. The Northeastern (East of 5 and 6, North of 9) has, according to Bonnaud, a stronger influence from French phonetics (a bit like Marchois). Auvergnat is most often categorized in the Northern Occitan dialect group, along with Limousin and Vivaro-Alpine . There are two primary distinctions in Auvergnat: The suggestion that Auvergnat

195-509: The population that understands or speaks even a little or, moreover, fluently, neither know how to write nor read in that language. Language learning is found to be essential within the home, according to the survey, (grandparents noted as 61%, or other family members at 50%) with a very weak result from the schools (10%). Herein is found the problem of language-transmission when dependent upon State sponsorship. 40% of adults who did not teach their language to their children report regretting it at

210-512: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Villefranche . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villefranche&oldid=1244724634 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

225-428: The time of the survey. This feeling is reported more strongly among the 35 or less demographic, at 58%. The desire to learn the local language is reported strongly, with increasing representation among the young, reported at 23%. According to the survey the desire to incorporate local language learning in schools is as follows: Haute-Loire (53%), Puy-de-Dôme (51%) et Cantal (74%). The desire to teach to their own children

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