{"id":523,"date":"2020-05-02T00:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T22:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurominority.eu\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2020-05-06T11:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T09:04:42","slug":"savoy-and-aosta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eurominority.eu\/index.php\/en\/savoy-and-aosta\/","title":{"rendered":"Savoy and Aosta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Savoy and Aosta, heart of the Arpitan people<\/h2>
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Arpitania designates the area where Arpitan is the traditional minority language. Inhabited since the Paleolithic era, the country lies on the borders of three European states \u2013 France, Italy and Switzerland. <\/p>

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The flag created by the Arpitan Cultural Alliance uses the Burgund colours, the twelve stars symbolising the European dimension of the linguistic region, decorated in the traditional rozon<\/em>. Another flag dating from the 1970s exists that is essentially used by the Apritain Movement of the Aostal Valley. It uses the Valdotain colours, Valais and Savoy \u2013 red, black and white \u2013 and three stars that represent them. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

Various Celtic\ntribes settled on Arpitan land, the most famous being the Allobroges. They\nfound themselves rapidly integrated into the kingdom of Burgundy, comprising\nBurgundy and Sapaudie (Savoy). It is at the heart of the kingdom that the\nArpitan language developed from Latin.<\/p>

The concept of\nArpitania dates from the 1970s. A Valdotain party, the Arpitan Movement uses\nthe old term \u201cArpitan\u201d, formed from the root of the pre Indo-European \u201calp\u201d, in\nits modern variant dialect \u201carp\u201d, which referred to the mountain pastures. The\nconfusion generated by the term \u201cFranco-Proven\u00e7al\u201d invented in 1873 was then\ncleared up and it defined the language according to its phonetic\ncharacteristics.<\/p>

The term\n\u201cArpitan\u201d therefore specifies the language according to the social\ncharacteristics of the people who speak it: it is the language of the Arpians,\nthe shepherds. Arpitan consciousness developed in the 20th century, when groups\nof speakers of the vernacular language took the initiative to organise\ninternational meetings on a regular basis in one or the other regions of Arpitania.\nAlthough aware of speaking the same language, though rich in local\ncharacteristics, residents continue to claim to represent their historic\nregion, Savoy and the Aosta Valley being the two most symbolic regions of this\nvast territory.<\/p>

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Identity card <\/h3>
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Name <\/em> <\/td>Arpitania <\/strong>| Franco-Proven\u00e7al <\/em>
Arpitanie <\/em><\/strong>| French<\/em>
Arpitanien <\/em><\/strong>| German<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Population <\/em><\/td>7,000,000 inhab.<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Area<\/em> <\/td>60,000 km\u00b2<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Languages <\/em> <\/td>Arpitan <\/strong>| Franco-Proven\u00e7al <\/em>
Fran\u00e7ais <\/em><\/strong>| French<\/em>
Italiano <\/em><\/strong>| Italian<\/em>
Deutsch <\/em><\/strong>| German, Walser German<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Number of native speakers <\/em><\/td> 140,000<\/strong> | Franco-Proven\u00e7al <\/em> (1998) <\/td><\/tr>
State of guardianship<\/em> <\/td> France, Italy, Switzerland<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Official status<\/em> <\/td>No particular status (departments in France, cantons in Switzerland, autonomous region in the Aosta Valley in Italy<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Capital<\/em><\/td>Cham\u00e8ri <\/strong> | Franco-Proven\u00e7al <\/em>
(Chamb\u00e9ry)
Aosta <\/strong> | Franco-Proven\u00e7al<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Historic religion<\/em> <\/td> Roman Catholic and Protestant<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Flag<\/em> <\/td>Lo rozon<\/strong> | Franco-Proven\u00e7al <\/em>
(The rosette)<\/td><\/tr>
Anthem<\/em> <\/td>Les Allobroges<\/strong> | French <\/em>(Savoy)
Montagnes vald\u00f4taines<\/strong> | French<\/em>(Aosta)<\/td><\/tr>
Motto<\/em> <\/td>Fier et a l\u2019abada tanqu\u2019a la fin<\/strong> | Franco-Proven\u00e7al <\/em>
(proud and free until death) <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Timeline <\/h3>
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