Poitevin-Saintongeais

Poitevin-Saintongeais
	poetevin-séntunjhaes
Native to	France
Region	Pays de la Loire; Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Native speakers	Unknown
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Gallo-Romance Oïl Poitevin-Saintongeais; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguasphere	51-AAA-ha
	The Poitevin-Saintongeais-speaking area

Poitevin-Saintongeais (French pronunciation: [pwatvɛ̃ sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒɛ]; poetevin-séntunjhaes;[1] also called Parlanjhe, Aguiain or even Aguiainais in French) is a langues d'oïl language spoken in the Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions of France, officially recognised by the French Ministry of Culture as a language with two dialects, Poitevin and Saintongeais.[2] This classification is a subgroup of the Romance, and the Gallo-Romance languages.

The dialects of this language are peculiar to the historical regions and provinces of Poitou and Saintonge. It is classified as severely endangered by UNESCO.[3]

References

Produccions, Tirabol (13 August 2012). "Lo peitavin-santongés, una lenga sòrre e emergenta". Jornalet (in Occitan).
"Langues régionales" (in French). Ministère de la Culture. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
"UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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[jornalet-1] Produccions, Tirabol (13 August 2012). "Lo peitavin-santongés, una lenga sòrre e emergenta". Jornalet (in Occitan).

[2] "Langues régionales" (in French). Ministère de la Culture. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[3] "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 1 April 2018.