Welche

Map of dialects inAlsace-Lorraine.Welche is included within theLorrain-speaking area (orange).

Welcheis a little-spoken language ofAlsace.ALorrain dialect,it is closely related to French by theOïl group.Its varieties include those ofBruche,Villé,Lièpvre,KaysersbergandOrbey.

The nameWelcheis a French spelling of Welsh, a word from Germanic languages such as English, used originally to refer toCelticspeakers such as theWelsh,and later to Latin speakers after Latin was imposed on the Celts. The word Welsh has been adopted in Latin dialects (such as French) to refer exclusively to other Latin dialects (such as Welche). Welche,Welshand English are all distantly related through theIndo-Europeangroup and language-mixing.

Vocabulary

Being close to German-speaking areas, a lot of words have been borrowed from German.

See also

• Language policy of France
• Names related to the word Welche

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/00000000000000if_/http://juillot.home.cern.ch/juillot/ban_de_la_roche.html- variety ofBan de la Roche
• http://www.lapoutroie.fr/decouvrir/patois-welche.htmWelche patois(in French)
• http://badonpierre.free.fr/salmpierre/tome3zf.htmlglossary(in French)