Franco-Provençal
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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.
Languages of Switzerland
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The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the federal ad
Geography of languages in Switzerland in the early 20th century. Page from a school atlas, in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland's collection.
A Swiss five-franc coin with the Latin inscription Confoederatio Helvetica
The Federal Palace of Switzerland, with the Latin inscription Curia Confoederationis Helveticae