Francitan
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Francitan
- The French language mixed with Occitan.
- 1992, Erik Gunnemark, Countries, Peoples and Their Languages: The Geolinguistic Handbook, Volume 1, Geolingua, page 141:
- Do not confuse Francitan with Franco-Provençal, an obsolescent name for Arpitan (see entry in chapter 2) or with Francique (Moselle Franconian) a variety of German spoken in Lorraine.
- 1993, University of Southampton. Department of French, France: nations and regions, Department of French, University of Southampton, page 50:
- Rene Merle, the PCF's leading theorist on Occitan, pointed to Francitan as the real speech of the Midi.
- 2005, Gaetano Cipolla, Siciliana: studies on the Sicilian ethos, Legas, page 247:
- […] he would occasionally intersperse his translation with Francitan terms […]