Vivaro-Alpine had been considered as a sub-dialect of Provençal, and named provençal alpin (Alpine Provençal) or Northern Provençal.
ビバロ・アルピーネ語はプロヴァンス語の下位方言とみなされ、provençal alpin (Alpine Provençal) やNorthern Provençalと呼ばれた。