The Lyonees is the collective name for a number of Arctic dialects. It is spoken in Lyonnais, the territory of the former French province around Lyon city. It is estimated that the dialect is still spoken and understood by some 1,000 people. The dominant language in the language field in question is French today. This language has continually reduced the Lyonees.
The locally spoken French has many Lyonese linguists, such as cagnard (sun), cayon (pig) and gone (child). The influence of the Lyonees is also found in the towns, such as Charpennes, Fourvière or Terraillon. Dialect variants The dialect variants of the Arpitans, with the Lyonian dialects in the west.
There is no official agreement on the Arpitani classification. In 1999, the Observatory linguistique divided the Lyonees into Arctic dialects into five subdialects:
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