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Savoyard | |
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savoyârd | |
Native to | France |
Region | Savoy |
Native speakers | (35,000 cited 1989)[1] |
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Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Institut de la langue savoyarde |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | savo1253 |
Savoyard (endonym: savoyârd) is a Franco-Provençal dialect of the Gallo-Romance family. It is spoken in some territories of the historical Duchy of Savoy, nowadays a geographic area spanning Savoie and Haute-Savoie, France and the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It has around 35,000 speakers today.