Champenois language

Champenois
Champenois
champaignat
Native to	France, Belgium
Region	Champagne-Ardenne, Île-de-France (Seine-et-Marne), Namur
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Romance Oïl Champenois; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Eastern; Western;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	cham1332
	Situation of Champenois among the Oïl languages.

Champenois (lou champaignat) is a Romance language among the langues d'oïl spoken by a minority of people in Champagne and Île-de-France provinces in France, as well as in a handful of towns in southern Belgium (chiefly the municipality of Vresse-sur-Semois).

While it is classified as a regional language of France, it also has recognized status as a regional language in Wallonia, a region of Belgium. Champenois is considered an endangered language by the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages.

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