Editing Gallo language (section)

==Nomenclature==
{{see also|Linguistic boundary of Brittany}}
While most often spelled ''Gallo'', the name of the language is sometimes written as ''Galo'' or ''Gallot''.<ref name="Chevalier">{{Citation |last=Chevalier |first=Gwendal |title=Gallo et Breton, complémentarité ou concurrence? |date=2008 |url=https://hal-univ-lyon3.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00369542 |journal=Cahiers de sociolinguistique |issue=12 |pages=75–109 |doi=10.3917/csl.0701.0075 |s2cid=194256991 |trans-title=Gallo and Breton, complementarity or competition? |language=fr |access-date=2018-10-09|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It is also referred to as {{lang|fr|langue gallèse}} or {{lang|fr|britto-roman}} in [[Brittany]].<ref name="Chevalier" /> In south [[Lower Normandy]] and in the west of {{lang|fr|[[Pays de la Loire]]|italic=no}} it is often referred to as [[patois]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/gallo.htm |title=Gallo language, alphabet and pronunciation |website=Omniglot.com |access-date=2018-10-09}}</ref> though this is a matter of some contention.<ref name=":2">Leray, Christian and Lorand, Ernestine. Dynamique interculturelle et autoformation: une histoire de vie en Pays gallo. L'Harmattan. 1995.</ref> ''Gallo'' comes from the [[Breton language|Breton]] word {{lang|br|gall}}, meaning 'foreigner', 'French' or 'non-Breton'.<ref name="Chevalier" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Walter|first1=Henriette|title=Les langues régionales de France : le gallo, pris comme dans un étau (17/20)|url=http://www.canalacademie.com/ida6813-Les-langues-regionales-de-France-le-gallo-pris-comme-dans-un-etau.html|website=www.canalacademie.com|date=9 October 2011 |publisher=Canal Académie}}</ref> The term was first used by Breton speakers, which may explain why it is used rarely by Gallo speakers themselves. [[Henriette Walter]] conducted a survey in 1986 which showed that just over 4% of Gallo speakers in {{lang|fr|Côtes-d'Armor|italic=no}} had ever used the term, and a third of them found it "had quite a pejorative connotation". According to the survey, the term {{lang|fr|patois}} was the most common way of referring to the language.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walker|first=Henriette|title=Le français d'ici, de là, de là-bas|publisher=Le Livre de Poche|year=2000|isbn=978-2253149293|pages=113}}</ref>

The term {{lang|fr|britto-roman}} was coined by the linguist Alan-Joseph Raude in 1978 to highlight the fact that Gallo is "a Romance variety spoken by Bretons".<ref name=":2" /> Gallo should not be confused with ''Gallo-Roman'', a term that refers to the Romance varieties of ancient Gaul.