Publications
Publication details [#64600]
Nagy, Naomi, Alessia Zulato and Jonathan Kasstan. 2018. An overview of Francoprovençal vitality in Europe and North America. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2018 (249) : 11–30.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study presents a survey of present Francoprovençal (FP) vitality in all regions where it is spoken, in both Europe and North America. For each region, it proposes a resume of the linguistic history, actual glottopolitical status of FP and demographic information. It describes each variety’s vitality, employing Brenzinger et al.’s (2003, Language vitality and endangerment. Paris: UNESCO Expert Meeting on Safeguarding Endangered Languages) UNESCO scale.