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Gallo-Romance
Gallo-Romance
Geographic; distribution	France, Northern Italy, Channel Islands, parts of Belgium, Spain and Switzerland
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Romance Western Gallo-Iberian Gallo-Romance; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Franco-Provençal; Occitano-Romance; Oïl languages; Gallo-Italic;
Language codes
	Historical area of development for strict Gallo-Romance.

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The Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages include French and the other langue d'oïl dialects, Occitan (langue d'oc), Catalan, Franco-Provençal, Gallo-Italic,^[1] and other languages (sociolects)

Other possible classifications

Some specialists add Catalan^[2] and it is sometimes classified together with Occitan inside an Occitano-Romance subgroup too.^[3]

Traditional geographical extension

Historically, various Gallo-Romance languages were spoken in France, except for some outlying regions (Corsica, western Brittany, French Basque country, French Flanders, Alsace and part of Lorraine); the Wallonia region of Belgium; the Romandy region of Switzerland; the Channel Islands; portions of the Spanish Pyrenees; and in Northern Italy.^[4]

Today, a single Gallo-Romance language (French) dominates most of this geographic region (including the formerly non-Romance areas of France), and has also spread overseas. Another (Franco-Provençal) is still commonly spoken in the Val d'Aosta. Conversely, English (a Germanic, rather than Romance, language) is now predominant in the Channel Islands.

General characteristics

See the Romance languages article for a description of the characteristics of Gallo-Romance.

External links

Ethnologue report for Gallo-Romance

References

^ G.B. Pellegrini, "Il cisalpino ed il retoromanzo, 1993". See also "The Dialects of Italy, edited by Maiden & Parry, 1997
^ Pierre Bec, La langue occitane, éditions PUF, Paris, 1963. p. 49–50.
^ Charles Camproux, Les langues romanes, PUF 1974. p. 77–78.
^ Bec, p. 9–11.

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[1] G.B. Pellegrini, "Il cisalpino ed il retoromanzo, 1993". See also "The Dialects of Italy, edited by Maiden & Parry, 1997

[2] Pierre Bec, La langue occitane, éditions PUF, Paris, 1963. p. 49–50.

[3] Charles Camproux, Les langues romanes, PUF 1974. p. 77–78.

[4] Bec, p. 9–11.

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 == Traditional geographical extension ==
-Historically, various Gallo-Romance languages were spoken in [[France]], except for some outlying regions ([[Corsica]], western [[Brittany]], [[French Basque country]], [[French Flanders]], [[Alsace]] and part of [[Lorraine (region)|Lorraine]]); the [[Wallonia]] region of [[Belgium]]; the [[Romandy]] region of western [[Switzerland]]; the [[Channel Islands]]; portions of the [[Spanish Pyrenees]]; and in [[Northern Italy]].<ref>Bec, p. 9–11.</ref>
+Historically, various Gallo-Romance languages were spoken in [[France]], except for some outlying regions ([[Corsica]], western [[Brittany]], [[French Basque country]], [[French Flanders]], [[Alsace]] and part of [[Lorraine (region)|Lorraine]]); the [[Wallonia]] region of [[Belgium]]; the [[Romandy]] region of [[Switzerland]]; the [[Channel Islands]]; portions of the [[Spanish Pyrenees]]; and in [[Northern Italy]].<ref>Bec, p. 9–11.</ref>
 Today, a single Gallo-Romance language ([[French language|French]]) dominates most of this geographic region (including the formerly non-Romance areas of France), and has also spread overseas. Another ([[Franco-Provençal]]) is still commonly spoken in the Val d'Aosta. Conversely, English (a [[Germanic language|Germanic]], rather than Romance, language) is now predominant in the Channel Islands.