Franco-Provencal is a Western Romance Language.
Franco-Provençal ( Francoprovençal ) , Arpitan or Romand ( in Switzerland ) ( Franco-Provençal : francoprovençâl , arpetan , patouès ; francoprovençal , arpitan , patois francoprovenzale , arpitano ) is a Gallo-Romance language spoken in east-central France , western Switzerland , northwestern Italy , and in enclaves in the Province of Foggia in Apulia , Italy . Western Romance languages . Based on mutual intelligibility , Dalby counts a dozen languages : Portuguese , Spanish , Asturian-Leonese , Aragonese , Catalan , Gascon , Provençal , Gallo-Wallon , French , Franco-Provençal , Romansh , and Ladin .