Arpitans

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Arpitans are a Romance-speaking ethnolinguistic group native to the Alpine regions of France, Switzerland, and Italy, traditionally associated with the Arpitan (Franco-Provençal) language and culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arpitan speakers 1
Arpitans canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic group
alsoKnownAs Franco-Provençal people
Francoprovençal-speaking population
associatedWith Arpitan culture
Franco-Provençal culture
country France
Italy
Switzerland
culturalRegion Arpitania
endangeredLanguage Arpitan language
ethnicLanguage Arpitan language
Franco-Provençal language
historicallyUnderRuleOf Duchy of Savoy
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Sardinia
Old Swiss Confederacy
historicalRegion Aosta Valley
Bresse
Lyonnais
Savoy
Valais
languageFamily Romance languages
languageShiftTowards French
Italian
languageStatus endangered language group
minority language
linguisticContinuumWith Gallo-Italic areas
Occitan-speaking areas
Oïl-language areas
nativeTo Alpine regions of France
Alpine regions of Italy
Alpine regions of Switzerland
notDialectOf French
Italian
Occitan
partOf Romance peoples
recognizedMinorityLanguage Aosta Valley
Fribourg
Valais
religion Roman Catholicism
subgroupOf Romance-speaking Europeans
traditionalArchitecture Alpine rural architecture
traditionalMusic Alpine folk music
traditionalOccupation mountain agriculture
pastoralism
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arpitan flag hasUserCommunity Arpitan speakers
linked to: Arpitans