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    Savoyard (endonym: savoyârd) is a Franco-Provençal dialect of the Gallo-Romance family. It is spoken in some territories of the historical Duchy of Savoy...
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    Savoy. Savoyards historically have spoken a dialect related to the Arpitan language: the Savoyard dialect. Arpitan is spoken in France, in Switzerland...
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  • Look up Savoyard or savoyard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Savoyard refers to: Savoyard dialect, a Franco-Provençal language Savoyard League, a...
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    it almost exclusively as patois or under the names of its distinct dialects (Savoyard, Lyonnais, Gaga in Saint-Étienne, etc.). Formerly spoken throughout...
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    Savoie and Haute-Savoie départements, but the historical expansion of Savoyard territories, as the Duchy of Savoy (1416–1860) included parts of what is...
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    in Savoyard) (17 May 1880 - 30 March 1940), known as le Petiôt d’la Comba, was a French writer and poet known for writing in the Savoyard dialect of the...
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    Aostan French (category Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code)
    valdôtain dialect of Franco-Provençal and sometimes from Italian. In this sense, it is quite similar to Savoyard dialect and to valaisan dialect as spoken...
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    Cruseilles (French pronunciation: [kʁyzɛj]; Arpitan: Corzelyes; Savoyard dialect: Croueselyes) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
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    been annexed to the Savoyard Kingdom of Sardinia a short while before Corsica was ceded by Genoa to France in 1767, the local dialect (called isulanu or...
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    commemorative activities are usually held on 12 December or the closest weekend. Savoyard troops sent by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy attempted a surprise attack...
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