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Also known as Lorrain language

all the dialects of Oïl spoken in Lorraine; independent languages or dialects of French

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Region
Northeastern France , Belgium
Language family
Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Romance Gallo-Rhaetian (possibly) Oïl Lorrain
Early forms
Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French
Dialects
Gaumais Welche
Iso 639 3
Glottolog
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Lorrain, also known as Lorrain roman, is a langue d'oïl spoken by a minority of people in the region of Lorraine in northeastern France, as well as in some parts of Alsace and Gaume in Belgium. It is often referred to as a patois.

It is a regional language of France. In Wallonia, it is known as Gaumais and enjoys official recognition as a regional language. It has been influenced by Lorraine Franconian and Luxembourgish, West Central German languages spoken in nearby or overlapping areas.

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