Valdôtain dialect

[5] It has been said that in the Aosta Valley there are as many forms of patois as there are bell towers,[6] in reference to the high linguistic diversity in the region within the Valdôtain varieties of Franco-Provençal.

However, they can be broadly classified into two main branches: those of the Upper Valley (French: haute Vallée, Italian: alta valle) to the west and of the Lower Valley (French: basse Vallée, Italian: bassa valle) to the east of the city of Aosta.

Valdôtain has been the subject of detailed study at the Bureau régional pour l'ethnologie et la linguistique (BREL) in Aosta as well as in the Centre d'études francoprovençales in Saint-Nicolas.

Dz'é vu su 'na viéille fenétra, flourì i soleil Dé géragnon blan comme la nèi.

Vo no portade lo sourire di bon Djeu Afen de no rendre tcheu moén malereu

Map of the geographic distribution of Franco-Provençal, also known as Arpitan. The Aosta Valley, written as Vâl d'Aoûta , is on the right.
Valdôtain sign on primary school ( "L'icoula di mèinoù" , lit. meaning "children's school") at Plan-Félinaz, Charvensod .