Language NameArpitan
User Population7,000 in Switzerland (1998).
LocationBern canton: Bernese Jura; Fribourg canton: de la Broye, de la Glane, de la Sarine, de la Veveyse, and la Gruyere; Geneva, Neuchâtel, and Vaud cantons; Valais canton: d’Entremont, d’Herens, de Sierre de Monthey, Saint-Maurice, districts.
Alternate NamesPatois, Romand
DialectsSavoyard, Neuchâtelois, Valaisan, Vaudois.
Language UseOlder adults only. Valais Canton: young and old in Evolène commune; communes of Hérémence, Vex, Saint-Martin, Savièse, Nendaz, Cermignon, Fully, Arbaz, Ayent, Vissole, other smaller villages in central Valais; Sion and Sierre; spoken by those 50 and older, understood by those 35 to 50. Shifted to French [fra].
