Franco-Provençal is a Gallo-Romance language that originated and is spoken in eastern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli
Title page of a Franco-Provençal dictionary from Saint-Étienne, France (1896): "The Key to the Gaga Dialect"
Conference hall at the 37th Fête internationale de l'arpitan, Saint-Etienne (France), 2016
Bilingual road sign (French-Valdôtain) in Pollein, Aosta Valley, 2025.
In Occitan, vergonha refers to the effects of various language discriminatory policies of the government of France on its minority or regional languages,, deemed patois, as opposed to standard French
"Speak French, Be Clean" written on the wall of the Ayguatébia-Talau school
Pro-officiality gathering in Carcassonne
Carte de France divisée suivant les quatre départements de Messieurs les secretaires d'Etat par Philippe Buache btv 1b 8593230j