Poitevin–Saintongeais in the context of "Saintongese dialect"

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⭐ Core Definition: Poitevin–Saintongeais

Poitevin–Saintongeais (French pronunciation: [pwatvɛ̃ sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒɛ]; endonym: poetevin-séntunjhaes; also called Parlanjhe, Aguiain or Aguiainais in French) is a language spoken in the regions of the Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitevin–Saintongeais is officially recognised by the French Ministry of Culture as a language with two dialects: Poitevin and Saintongeais. The language belongs to the langues d'oïl subbranch of the Gallo-Romance languages.

Some descendants of Poitevin–Saintongeais speakers became the Acadian people of Atlantic Canada as well as the Cajun people of Louisiana.

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👉 Poitevin–Saintongeais in the context of Saintongese dialect

Saintongeais (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒɛ] ; endonym: séntunjhaes) is a dialect of Poitevin–Saintongeais spoken halfway down the western coast of France in the former provinces of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois, all of which have been incorporated into the current departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime as well as in parts of the neighbouring department of Gironde and a town in Dordogne. Although many of the same words are used in both Charente departments, they differ in what they mean or in how they are pronounced.

Saintongeais, which is a langue d'oïl variety, and Gascon, which is a langue d'oc variety, have significantly influenced the Acadian and Cajun dialects of French spoken in Canada and the United States respectively.

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Poitevin–Saintongeais in the context of Poitevin dialect

Poitevin (French pronunciation: [pwat(ə)vɛ̃] ; endonym: poetevin) is a dialect of Poitevin–Saintongeais, one of the regional languages of France, spoken in the historical province of Poitou, now administratively divided between Pays de la Loire (Loire countries) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (New Aquitaine). It is not as commonly spoken as it once was, as the standard form of French now predominates. Poitevin is now classified as one of the langues d'oïl but is distinguished by certain features adopted from Occitan (langue d'oc).

The language is spoken on what was the border between the two language families of oïl and oc (placenames in the region clearly show historical settlement of oc speakers). The langue d’oïl subsequently spread south, absorbing oc features.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Poitevin dialect ← Saintongese dialect ← Saintongeais dialect
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Endonym and exonym → Regions of France → Pays de la Loire → Nouvelle-Aquitaine → French Ministry of Culture → Poitevin dialect → Saintongeais dialect → Langues d'oïl → Gallo-Romance languages → Acadian people → Cajun people → Louisiana →