Poitevin-Saintongeais


Poitevin-Saintongeais is a langues d'oïl language spoken in the Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions of France, officially recognised by the French Ministry of Culture as a language with two dialects, Poitevin and Saintongeais. This classification is a subgroup of the Romance, and the Gallo-Romance languages.
The dialects of this language are peculiar to the historical regions and provinces of Poitou and Saintonge. It is classified as severely endangered by UNESCO.