text: **Culture**
  
  Since the Middle Ages, the region residents have spoken several dialects of Franco- 
  Provençal. The Lyonnais dialect was replaced by the French language as the 
  importance of the city grew. However some "frenchified" Franco-Provençal words 
  can also be heard in the French of the Lyonnais, who call their little boys and girls 
  "gones" and "fenottes" for example.[49] 