Note 3 — Chapter I · THE FOUNDATIONS
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The dialects or patois spoken today in France all fall under one of these two languages. They can be classified as follows:
Langue d’Oc
PatoisSpoken in the Departments of
LanguedocianGard, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude, Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn, Aveyron, Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne.
ProvençalDrôme, Vaucluse, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes- and Basses-Alpes, Var.
DauphinoisIsère.
LyonnaisRhône, Ain, Saône-et-Loire.
AuvergnatAllier, Loire, Haute-Loire, Ardèche, Lozère, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal.
LimousinCorrèze, Haute-Vienne, Creuse, Indre, Cher, Vienne, Dordogne, Charente, Charente-Inférieure, Indre-et-Loire.
GasconGironde, Landes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Basses-Pyrénées, Gers.
Langue d’Oïl
NormanNormandie, Bretagne, Perche, Maine, Anjou, Poitou, Saintonge.
PicardPicardie, Ile-de-France, Artois, Flandre, Hainaut, Lower Maine, Thiérache, Rethelois.
BurgundianNivernais, Berry, Orléanais, Lower Bourbonnais, part of Ile-de-France, Champagne, Lorraine, Franche-Comté.