Poitevin-Saintongeais
E150170
Poitevin-Saintongeais is a Romance language of western France, closely related to French and Occitan, traditionally spoken in the Poitou and Saintonge regions.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poitevin-Saintongeais canonical | 7 |
| Saintongeais | 5 |
| Oïl languages | 1 |
| Poitevin-Saintongeais dialect | 1 |
| Poitevin-Saintongeais language | 1 |
| Saintongeais (historically) | 1 |
| poitevin-saintongeais | 1 |
| saintongeais | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1307200 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Poitevin-Saintongeais Context triple: [Poitou, historicalLanguage, Poitevin-Saintongeais]
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A.
Breton
Breton is a Celtic language spoken primarily in Brittany, France, known for its close relation to Cornish and Welsh.
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B.
Auvergnat
Auvergnat is a variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in France’s Auvergne region and surrounding areas.
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C.
Poitou
Poitou is a historical region in western France that was a significant stronghold and cultural center for French Protestants (Huguenots) during the Reformation and subsequent religious conflicts.
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D.
Rouergue
Rouergue is a historic cultural region in southern France, centered around the present-day Aveyron department and known for its rural landscapes, medieval towns, and Occitan heritage.
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E.
Eastern Walloon
Eastern Walloon is a regional variety of the Walloon language spoken primarily in the eastern part of the Walloon-speaking area of Belgium.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Poitevin-Saintongeais Target entity description: Poitevin-Saintongeais is a Romance language of western France, closely related to French and Occitan, traditionally spoken in the Poitou and Saintonge regions.
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A.
Breton
Breton is a Celtic language spoken primarily in Brittany, France, known for its close relation to Cornish and Welsh.
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B.
Auvergnat
Auvergnat is a variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in France’s Auvergne region and surrounding areas.
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C.
Poitou
Poitou is a historical region in western France that was a significant stronghold and cultural center for French Protestants (Huguenots) during the Reformation and subsequent religious conflicts.
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D.
Rouergue
Rouergue is a historic cultural region in southern France, centered around the present-day Aveyron department and known for its rural landscapes, medieval towns, and Occitan heritage.
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E.
Eastern Walloon
Eastern Walloon is a regional variety of the Walloon language spoken primarily in the eastern part of the Walloon-speaking area of Belgium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oïl language
ⓘ
Romance language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
French
ⓘ
surface form:
French language
Occitan ⓘ
surface form:
Occitan language
|
| developedFrom |
Gallo-Romance languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Gallo-Romance
Vulgar Latin ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
parlanjhe
ⓘ
poitevin ⓘ Poitevin-Saintongeais ⓘ
surface form:
poitevin-saintongeais
Poitevin-Saintongeais ⓘ
surface form:
saintongeais
|
| hasDialect |
Poitevin
ⓘ
Poitevin-Saintongeais self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Saintongeais
|
| hasEthnologueCode | pcd ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | poit1242 ⓘ |
| hasIETFTag | pcd ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | pcd ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith |
French
ⓘ
surface form:
French language
Occitan ⓘ
surface form:
Occitan language
|
| hasLinguasphereCode | 51-AAA-j ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | nasal vowels similar to French ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryBody | regional cultural associations ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | language shift towards French ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
rural population of Poitou
ⓘ
rural population of Saintonge ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Metropolitan French
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard French
|
| isRecognizedBy | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Oïl languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gallo-Romance languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Romance languages
|
| region | western France ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Angoumois
ⓘ
Aunis ⓘ Charente-Maritime ⓘ Deux-Sèvres ⓘ France ⓘ Poitou ⓘ Saintonge ⓘ Vendée ⓘ |
| status | regional language of France ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Gallo-Romance language
ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folk songs
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ regional literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Poitevin-Saintongeais Description of subject: Poitevin-Saintongeais is a Romance language of western France, closely related to French and Occitan, traditionally spoken in the Poitou and Saintonge regions.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oïl languages
this entity surface form:
Poitevin-Saintongeais language
this entity surface form:
Saintongeais
this entity surface form:
poitevin-saintongeais
this entity surface form:
saintongeais
this entity surface form:
Saintongeais
this entity surface form:
Saintongeais
subject surface form:
Vendée
this entity surface form:
Saintongeais
this entity surface form:
Saintongeais
this entity surface form:
Poitevin-Saintongeais dialect
this entity surface form:
Saintongeais (historically)