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Gallo is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [3] Gallo is a regional language of eastern Brittany. It is one of the langues d'oïl, a Romance sub-family that includes French. Today it is spoken only by a minority of the population, as the standard form of French now predominates in this area.
- 191,000 (2012)
- Upper Brittany
French was a foreign language for the rest of the population, who spoke their own regional languages, such as Gallo. After the introduction of compulsory education in 1882 which used French as the language of instruction, other languages were considerd patois , a derogatory term meaning 'provincial dialect'.
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The Gallo-Romance group includes: The langues d'oïl include French, Orleanais, Gallo, Angevin, Tourangeau, Saintongeais, Poitevin, Bourguignon, Picard, Walloon, Lorrain and Norman. [11] Franco-Provençal in east-central France, western Switzerland and the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy. Formerly thought of as a dialect of either the ...
Apr 2, 2024 · This dissertation examines discourse practices in and about Gallo, a marginalized Romance language of Upper Brittany, France. Specifically, it explores how various Gallo social actors (advocates, performers, teachers and students) defined, labeled and displayed Gallo, as they constructed it as a language capable of participating in modernity, producing local authority, and forging links with ...
Sep 28, 2021 · The Herderian nation-state of France has long engaged in hegemonic language politics (Jaffe, 1999); a recent statement by Gallo advocacy groups decried “a ‘French-language monoculture’ system that imperils linguistic diversity and is incompatible with the fundamental right to express oneself in one’s language of choice” (Bertègn ...
- Sandra Keller
- slkell1@ilstu.edu
- 2021
Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, language, morals and way of life in a uniquely Gaulish context. The well-studied meld of cultures in Gaul gives historians a model against which to compare and ...
Whilst recent studies have provided pivotal insights into the relationship between Bretons and the principle languages of Brittany, Breton and French, this paper aims to shed light on the relationship between Brittany’s northern French near language (Oïl) variety, Gallo, and the identity of the inhabitants of the territory with which it is historically associated, Upper-Brittany.
