Auvergnat Dialect - Geographical Distribution

Geographical Distribution

The effective borders of Auvergnat neither completely coincide with those of the current Region of Auvergne nor the historical region of Auvergne. It can be described as follows:

• The entire département of the Puy-de-Dôme
• a large section of the département of Cantal, largely centered around Saint-Flour and Mauriac. It is to be noted that Aurillac and the Pierrefort Canton speak a dialect called carladézien, a form of languedocien, with Auvergnat conjugations and the rest largely similar to standard languedocien.
• The larger portion of the Haute-Loire aside Yssingeaux which speaks Vivaro-Alpine,
• the southern half of Allier, or the Bourbonnais province, near Montluçon and Vichy, with the northern half toward Moulins traditionally speaking French.
• A large fringe of eastern Limousin, in the département of Corrèze, near Ussel and Bort-les-Orgues. This is a transition zone between Auvergnat and Limousin
• The communities of Noirétable and La Chamba in the western side of the département of Loire.