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Definition of occitan in English English dictionary
- A Romance language spoken in some parts of France (particularly the south), Spain and Italy
- {i} Provencal, Romance language formerly spoken in southern France
- An endangered Romance language spoken in some parts of France (particularly the south), Spain and Italy
- the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
- Occitan language
- or Provençal language Romance language spoken in Occitania, a region of southern France. The 1.5 million people of this region use Occitan dialects in everyday life and French as their official and cultural language. The term langue d'oc is based on the use of the word oc for "yes." The name Provençal originally referred to the dialects of the Provence region, used by medieval troubadours and as a standard and literary language in France and northern Spain in the 12th-14th centuries. Today's major dialects are those of Limousin, Auvergnat, Provence, and Languedoc. Gascon, spoken in southwestern France and usually classified as an Occitan dialect, is sometimes considered a distinct language. Occitan is closely related to Catalan and, despite recent French influences, has more in common with Spanish than with French
- Gascon Occitan
- A dialect of the Occitan language spoken in parts of southern France and northern Spain
- Old Occitan
- Romance language spoken in the south of France which influenced modern Provençal, Occitan and Catalan. Also known as Old Provençal