Word Comparisons
The chart below compares words in Franco-Provençal to those in selected Romance languages, with English for reference.
Between vowels, the Latinate "p" became "v", "c" and "g" became "y", and "t" and "d" disappeared. Franco-Provençal also softened the hard palatized "c" and "g" before "a". This led Franco-Provençal to evolve down a different path from Occitan and Gallo-Iberian languages, closer to the evolutionary direction taken by French.
Latin | Franco-Provençal | French | Occitan | Romansh | Piedmontese | Italian | Portuguese | English |
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clavis | clâ | clé | clau | clav | ciav | chiave | chave | key |
cantare | chantar | chanter | cantar | cantar/chantar | canté | cantare | cantar | to sing |
capra | chèvra | chèvre | cabra | chavra | crava | capra | cabra | goat |
caseus (formaticus) | tôma/fromâjo | fromage | formatge | caschiel | formagg | formaggio | queijo | cheese |
dies Martis | demârs/demonre | mardi | dimars | mardi(s) | màrtes | martedì | terça-feira | Tuesday |
ecclesia | églésé | église | glèisa | baselgia | gesia/cesa | chiesa | igreja | church |
fratrem | frâre | frère | fraire | frar | fradel/frel | fratello | irmão | brother |
hospitalis | hèpetâl | hôpital | espital | spital/ospidal | ospidal | ospedale | hospital | hospital |
lingua | lenga | langue | lenga | lieunga | lenga | lingua | lingua | language |
sinister | gôcho | gauche | esquèr/senèstro | saniester/schnester | s(i)nistr | sinistro | esquerda | left |
nihil | ren | rien | res | nuot/navot/nöglia | nen/gnente | niente/nulla | nada | nothing |
noctem | nuet | nuit | nuèch/nuèit | notg/not | neuit | notte | noite | night |
pacare | payér | payer | pagar | pagar/pajar | paghé | pagare | pagar | to pay |
sudor | suar | sueur | susor | suada | sudé/sudor | sudore | suar | sweat |
vita | via | vie | vida | veta/vita | vita/via | vita | vida | life |
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