Gallo

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Gallo is a Romance language of eastern Brittany in France, distinct from both French and Breton and traditionally spoken by the region’s rural communities.

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Label Occurrences
Gallo canonical 17

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oïl language
Romance language
regional language of France
closelyRelatedTo Norman
linked to: Old Norman

Picard
Poitevin-Saintongeais
country France
culturalRegion Upper Brittany
linked to: eastern Brittany
distinctFrom Breton
French
hasAlternativeName gallo (without capital in native usage)
galo
hasAncestor Gallo-Romance Latin
Vulgar Latin
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Breton
French
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
hasMorphology fusional morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature nasal vowels
palatal consonants
hasRevitalizationEfforts cultural associations in Brittany
language courses in Brittany
hasStatus endangered language
minority language
ISO639-3 fra-gallo (no separate ISO 639-3 code; often grouped under French)
languageBranch Gallo-Romance
Western Romance
languageFamily Romance languages
notOfficialLanguageOf France
partOf langues d'oïl
recognizedAs regional language of Brittany
recognizedBy France
region Brittany
eastern Brittany
sharesIsoglossWith other Oïl languages of northwestern France
spokenIn Côtes-d'Armor
Ille-et-Vilaine
Loire-Atlantique
Morbihan
subfamily Oïl languages
taughtIn some schools in Brittany
traditionalSpeakers rural communities of eastern Brittany
usedFor folk songs
local theatre
oral storytelling
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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