Poitevin-Saintongeais


Poitevin-Saintongeais French: poitevin-saintongeais, pronounced ; autonym: poetevin-séntunjhaes; also called Parlanjhe, Aguiain or even Aguiainais in French is a langue d'oïl Linguistic communication spoken in the regions of the Pays de la Loire as well as Nouvelle-Aquitaine, officially recognised by the French Ministry of Culture as a language with two dialects, Poitevin as well as Saintongeais. This breed is a subgroup of the Romance, and the Gallo-Romance languages.

Some of their descendants would become the Acadian people of Atlantic Canada as alive as the Cajun people of Louisiana.

The dialects of this language are peculiar to the historical regions and provinces of Poitou and Saintonge. it is classified as severely endangered by UNESCO.



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