- Savoyard
Savoyard is used to refer to the Savoyards of
Italy and to the dialect called "Savoyard". The term Savoyard may also mean someone fromSavoy , someone who performs in theSavoy Opera s, or aGilbert and Sullivan enthusiast".Italian Savoiardi or Savoyards
The Italian irredentism called "Italian Savoiardi" (or Italian Savoyards) the people of Savoia who considered themselves to be Italian people and who had ties with the Savoia dinasty. Approximately 1% of the Savoy population voted against the unification of Savoy to
France in 1860, and wanted to be part of the Kingdom of Italy ofVictor Emmanuel II .During the
Fascism , in the early forties, were created organizations that promoted the unification of Savoy to theKingdom of Italy . The fascist members were nearly one hundred in 1942, concentrated mainly inGrenoble andChambery . [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZcUNELPsQQsC&printsec=index&dq=davide+rodogno+fascism's+european+empire&psp=1&source=gbs_toc_s&cad=1#PRA7-PA148,M1]When Italy occupied Savoy from
Vichy in November 1942 these fascist groups demanded the unification to Italy, but nothing was done mainly because the King of Italy opposed it.The Savoyard dialect
"Savoyard" is a dialect of the
Arpitan (Franco-Provençal) language. It is spoken inFrance inSavoie andHaute-Savoie , in the Swiss canton ofValais , and in the Italian region of Aosta.Several subdialects of Savoyard exist that exhibit unique features in terms of phonetics and vocabulary. Among them, many words have to do with the weather: "bacan" (French: "temps mauvais"); "coussie" (French: "tempête"); "royé" (French: "averse"); "ni [v] ole" (French: "nuage"); ...and, the environment: "clapia, perrier" (French: "éboulis"); "égra" (French: "sorte d'escalier de pierre"); "balme" (French: "grotte"); "tova" (French: "tourbière"); and "lanche" (French: "champ en pente").
Savoyard has been the subject of detailed study at the "Centre de dialectologie" of the
University of Grenoble , currently under the direction of Michel Contini.ee also
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Italia irredenta
*Languages of France
*Greater Italia External links
* [http://www.sav.org/fconte.html Serveur Savoie by Pierre Grasset]
* [http://www.arpitania.com Arpitania.CH : The Arpitan Cultural Alliance]Bibliography
* Rodogno, Davide. "Fascism European Empire". Cambrigge University Press. Cambridge, 2004.
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