Vivaro-Alpine
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This article is about the Occitan dialect. For other uses of the word "Cisalpine", see Cisalpine.
Vivaro-Alpine (English name) or Vivaroalpenc, Vivaroaupenc (native name) is the northeastern dialect of the Occitan language. It belongs to the Northern Occitan dialectal group. Vivaro-Alpine is spoken in Southern France and North-Western Italy. The other Northern Occitan dialects are Limousin and Auvergnat.
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- Western: Vivarodaufinenc (native name) or Vivaro-Dauphinois (French name) near northern Vivarais (Annonay), northeastern Velay (Yssingeaux), a southern fringe of Forez (Saint-Bonnet-le-Château and around Saint-Étienne), Drôme department (Valence, Die, Montélimar) and a fringe in southern Isère department.
- Eastern: Alpine (English name) or Alpenc, Aupenc (native name), in the Occitan Alps.
- Gavòt (native name) or Gavot (French name) in the western Occitan Alps, which are located in France, around Digne, Sisteron, Gap, Barcelonnette and the upper County of Nice.
- Cisalpine or Eastern Alpine (native names: Cisalpenc or Alpenc Oriental) in the eastern Occitan Alps a.k.a. Occitan Valleys, which are located in Italy (Piedmont and Liguria).
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