I have recorded the poem you left in the comment, as a commet to your comment, but an audio one!... dzakyem.ch/2026/01/01/%...

Novél juè avouéc les mots du "trèsôr arpitan"; la sèconda vèrsion serat més facila la sénana que vent... Te pôd balyér des lètres et li mérôla/li jouè tè dit se 'l at ce lètra per dedens, ou pas... arpitan.ch/orbanos/

'L est mè (yo) que j'é fét!... Salutacion a tè du Valês, de Saviése!...

(continued) It took the Swiss a lot of time to acknowldge the real "language of the people" - Swiss German was supported strongly During and after the war, and predently too. A positive image of Arpitan is painstakingly arisons while the language dwindles dangerously.

It seems to me that standard national languages are all "upper class" in the sense that they were the King's language. The King promoted HIS dialect as the standard language. But you're right to say that the Elite In Switzerland often envied the neighbouring countries' refined culture...