Saintongeais dialect

Saintongeais (séntunjhaes) is a dialect of Poitevin–Saintongeais spoken halfway down the western coast of France in the former provinces of Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois, all of which have been incorporated into the current departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime as well as in parts of the neighbouring department of Gironde and a town in Dordogne. Although many of the same words are used in both Charente departments, they differ in what they mean or in how they are pronounced.

For the French wine grape also known as Saintongeais, see Jurançon (grape). For another French wine grape known as Saintongeais, see Négrette.
Saintongeais
séntunjhaes
Native toFrance
RegionCharente, Charente-Maritime, Gironde
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologsant1407
Linguistic area of Saintongeais the Charentes and the Northern part of Gironde

Saintongeais which is a langue d'oïl, and Gascon which is a langue d'oc variety have significantly influenced the Acadian and Cajun dialects of French spoken in Canada and the United States respectively.

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