Frainc-Comtou

Romance language of France and Switzerland Frainc-ComtouNative toFrance, SwitzerlandRegionFranche-Comté, Canton of Jura, Bernese JuraNative speakers(undated figure of c. 4,000)Language familyIndo-European ItalicLatino-FaliscanLatinicRomanceItalo-WesternWesternGallo-IberianGallo-RomanceGallo-Rhaetian?Arpitan–OïlOïlBurgundian zoneFrainc-ComtouEarly formsOld Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French Language codesISO 639-3–Glottologfran1270Linguasphere& 51-AAA-hc 51-AAA-ja & 51-AAA-hcSituation of Frainc-Comtou among the Oïl languages. Frainc-Comtou (French: franc-comtois) is a Romance language of the langues d'oïl language family spoken in the Franche-Comté region of France and in the Canton of Jura and Bernese Jura in Switzerland. History Jean Priorat's Li abrejance de l'ordre de chevalerie is written in Old French with Frainc-Comtou features. Although Franc-Comtois remained primarily a spoken language for centuries, written texts in the language are known from the 17th century, and some date back to the 16th century. The oldest known text in Franc-Comtois is the Chant du Rosemont, a ballad dating from 1525. It commemorates Généry, also called Jean Neu