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Occitan is an official language of Catalonia, Spain, where a subdialect of Gascon known as Aranese is spoken (in the Val d'Aran). [14] Since September 2010, the Parliament of Catalonia has considered Aranese Occitan to be the officially preferred language for use in the Val d'Aran.
- Gallo-Romance
The Gallo-Romance branch of the Romance languages includes...
- Occitano-Romance Languages
The group covers the languages of the southern part of...
- Occitan Valleys
The Occitan Valleys (Occitan: Valadas Occitanas; Italian:...
- Val d'Aran
In 1313, James II of Aragon granted administrative and...
- Gallo-Romance
It is a Romance language spoken in the south of France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, the Val d'Aran of Catalonia and Monaco. The regions together called Occitania. Of course, this is an unofficial name for a region in three countries! Its justification is that it is united by a culture.
Occitania (Occitan: Occitània [utsiˈtanjɔ, uksiˈtanjɔ], locally [u (k)siˈtanjɔ], [ukʃiˈtanja] or [u (k)siˈtanja]; French: Occitanie [ɔksitani] ⓘ) is the historical region in Southern Europe where the Occitan language was historically spoken [ 1 ] and where it is sometimes used as a second language.
Since 2006, the Occitan language is recognized as one of the official languages in Catalonia, an autonomous region of Spain. The Occitans are concentrated in Occitania, but also in big urban centres in neighbouring regions: Lyon, Paris, Turin, and Barcelona.
Occitan is both one of the great European languages of culture and, as a consequence of policies of ethnocide, one the languages in the most precarious social situation. Nonetheless, despite this difficult position, it is the vehicle for a significant cultural movement.
1. It is a romance language. Occitan is a Romance language that evolved from Latin, like Italian and Spanish. Historically, the population of what is now called Occitanie, spoke a mix of Basque and Celtic languages. After the Romans invaded in 1BC, the local populations adopted Latin into their vocabulary. 2. It originates from Langue d’Oc.
The Occitan Language Council (Conselh de la Lenga Occitana, CLO) is the traditional codification body for Occitan. It was founded in 1996-1997, it worked regularly from 1997 to 2007 and left clear solutions for users to practice Occitan.
