Valdôtain dialect
Valdôtain is a dialect of Arpitan spoken in the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is commonly known as patois or patoué.Diffusion
The Aosta Valley represents nowadays the only region of the Franco-Provençal area where this language is still widely spoken as native by all age ranges of the population.Several subdialects of Valdôtain exist that exhibit unique features in terms of phonetics and vocabulary.
| French | La Thuile | La Salle | Rhêmes-Saint-Georges | Saint-Oyen | Sarre | Valsavarenche | Oyace | Cogne | Quart | Fénis | Champorcher | Valtournenche | Ayas | Émarèse | Arnad | Gaby |
| Râteau | Rassi | Râhé | Rahi | Râti | Rati | Rahi | Râti | Raté | Raté | Râté | Rati | Râté | Rahtél | Rahté | Rahté | Rahtél |
| Fleur | Flôr | Fleu | Fleur | Flôr | Fleur | Fleure | Fleu | Fieur | Fleur | Fleur | Fior | Flour | Fiour | Fiour | Fiour | Fiour |
| Renard, Goupil | Rèinâr | Rèinâ | Rèinar | Rèinâ | Rèinâr | Rèinâr | Rèinâr | Rèinèar | Rèinâr | Rèinar | Verpeuill | Gorpeul | Gorpéi | Gorpeui | Gorpeui | Voulp |
| Oui, Ouais | Voué | Vouè | Vouè | Ouè | Ouè | Ouè | Vouè | Vouài | Vouè | Ouè | Ouèi | Ò | Òi | Òi | Òi | Òi |
Linguistic studies
Valdôtain has been the subject of detailed study at the Bureau régional pour l'ethnologie et la linguistique in Aosta as well as in the Centre d'études francoprovençales in Saint-Nicolas.Music
The main modern singers and songwriters in Valdôtain are:
- Louis de Jyaryot, from Ayas;
- Maura Susanna, from Saint-Vincent;
- Magui Bétemps, from Valtournenche.
The traditional Aostan songs in Valdôtain and in French form the core of the activity of the band Trouveur valdotèn.Poetry
Here is a selection of some of the most important poets in Valdôtain:
