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| Region | NortheasternFrance,Belgium |
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| Glottolog | lorr1242 |
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Lorrain, also known asLorrain roman, is alangue d'oïl spoken by a minority of people in the region ofLorraine in northeasternFrance, as well as in some parts ofAlsace andGaume in Belgium. It is often referred to as apatois.
It is aregional language of France. InWallonia, it is known asGaumais[2] and enjoys official recognition as a regional language. It has been influenced byLorraine Franconian andLuxembourgish,West Central German languages spoken in nearby or overlapping areas.[citation needed]
Linguist Stephanie Russo noted the difference of a 'second'imperfect andpluperfect tense between Lorrain and Standard French.[3] It is derived from Latin grammar that is no longer used in modern French.
TheLinguasphere Observatory distinguishes seven variants :
After 1870, members of theStanislas Academy in Nancy noted 132 variants of Lorrain from Thionville in the north to Rupt-sur-Moselle in the south, which means that main variants have sub-variants.
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