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Arpitania (Arpitan and Italian: ''Arpitania'', French: ''Arpitanie'') consists of the lands where the Arpitan language is spoken or used to be the prevalent idiom.〔("did you say arpitan?" on ''Arpitania.eu'' ).〕 ''Arpes'' in Arpitan means Alps, thus the territory name would be translated as "Land of the Alps". ''Arpitania'' and ''Arpitan Language'' are retronyms. They were neologisms from the 20th century. It was initially used for the Alpine regions where Arpitan was spoken. The name was popularised by ''Mouvement Harpitanya'', a left-wing political grouping in Aosta Valley in the 1970s.〔 * Gianpaolo Charrere, (Ayas, un film sul sogno dell'Harpitanya ), Aoste: La Stampa, 15 february 2012 and ("La nation arpitane" )〕 In the 1990s, the term lost its particular political context.〔(Nos ancêtres les Arpitans ), 24 Heures, Lausanne, 2 May 2009〕 However, the use of the word "Arpitania" indicates a common cultural heritage and a regional identity beyond linguistic limitations.〔Aliance Cultutèla Arpitana, Fribourg (Switzerland) and Rochetaillée (France), http://aca.arpitania.eu.〕 Inhabitants of the region, whether they are actual speakers of the language or not, are named as Arpitans.〔Les Alpes et leurs noms de lieux, 6000 ans d'histoire ? : Les appellations d'origine pré-indo-européenne., Paul-Louis Rousset, 1988, ISBN 2-901193-02-1〕〔Les mots de la montagne autour du Mont-Blanc, Hubert Bessat et Claudette Germi, Ed. Ellug, Programme Rhône-Alpes, Recherches en Sciences Humaines, 1991, ISBN 2-902709-68-4.〕 ==Geography== Arpitania includes parts of: * France (Savoy, Dauphiné, Isère, a big part of the Rhône ''département'', southern Franche-Comté, a very small part of the Ain, Monts du Forez...). * Italy (Aosta Valley, Arpitan-speaking valleys in the Piemont, Daunia/Arpitan Celle di San Vito, Foggia in Apulia). * Switzerland (Romandy, excluding the northern and western parts of Jura). The northwesternmost salient (roughly a strip between Mâcon and Roanne) is seen linguistically transitional between Arpitan, Occitan and other Oïl languages. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arpitania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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