| Poitevin–Saintongeais | |
|---|---|
| poetevin–séntunjhaes | |
| Native to | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Native speakers | 200,000–300,000 (2017)[1] |
Early forms | |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | poit1240 Poitevinsant1407 Santongeais |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-ha |
 The Poitevin-Saintongeais-speaking area | |
Poitevin–Saintongeais (French pronunciation:[pwatvɛ̃sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒɛ];endonym:poetevin-séntunjhaes;[3] also calledParlanjhe,Aguiain orAguiainais in French) is a language spoken in theregions of thePays de la Loire andNouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitevin–Saintongeais is officially recognised by theFrench Ministry of Culture as a language with two dialects:Poitevin andSaintongeais.[4] The language belongs to thelangues d'oïl subbranch of theGallo-Romance languages.
Some descendants of Poitevin–Saintongeais speakers became theAcadian people of Atlantic Canada as well as theCajun people ofLouisiana.[citation needed]
The dialects of this language are peculiar to the historical regions and provinces ofPoitou andSaintonge. It is classified asseverely endangered byUNESCO.[5]
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