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Occitan, also known as lenga d'òc by its native speakers, sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran in Catalonia; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitania.
Sep 11, 2018 · Although many people have not heard of Occitan, also known as Langue d’Oc, it’s one of several Romance languages that evolved from vernacular Latin, and is still spoken in six major dialects...
Feb 13, 2018 · Alex Ledsom 13 February 2018. Occitan is a very old language spoken by about 1.5 million people across Europe. One of its dialects, Provençal, is still very much alive and kicking in the south of France today. The Occitan language is spoken across Spain, Italy and France.
Sep 25, 2023 · Also called lenga d'òc (or langue d’oc in French), Occitan is a Romance language related to French, Spanish, and especially Catalan. Ift gained its fame during the Middle Ages as the language of medieval troubadours—the story-telling crooners of the day.
May 1, 2024 · Occitan is a Romance language that hails mainly from Southern France, with some small outposts in what’s now Italy and Spain. It’s sometimes referred to in French as langue d’oc, and you could think of it as a “family” of dialects including Provençal, Languedocien, Gascon, Auvergnat, Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin.
Occitan is a Romance language spoken in Southern France and parts of Italy, Catalonia, and Monaco. The Occitan context in Southern France represents one of the earliest cases of language revitalization in Europe, with ongoing literary and language movements since the sixteenth century.
Find out the history of the Occitan language, its origin in southern Europe, famous dialects like Provençale, and why it is endangered today.
