| Poitevin–Saintongeais | |
|---|---|
| poetevin–séntunjhaes | |
| Native to | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Native speakers | 200,000–300,000 (2017) |
| Language family | Indo-European |
| Early forms | Old Latin |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | poit1240 Poitevinsant1407 Santongeais |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-ha |
 The Poitevin-Saintongeais-speaking area | |
Poitevin–Saintongeais (French: poitevin–saintongeais, pronounced [pwatvɛ̃ sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒɛ]; Poitevin–Saintongeais: 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.
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.
References
- Delavaud, Jean (4 March 2017). "Langues régionales. Une journée pour parler le poitevin-saintongeais" [Regional languages. A day to speak Poitevin-Saintongeais]. Ouest-France (in French). Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (24 May 2022). "Glottolog 4.8 - Shifted Western Romance". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- Produccions, Tirabol (13 August 2012). "Lo peitavin-santongés, una lenga sòrre e emergenta". Jornalet (in Occitan). Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "Langues régionales" (in French). Ministère de la Culture. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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