Occitan language — Occitan occitan, lenga d òc Spoken in France Spain Italy Monaco Native speakers 800,000 (1999)[1] … Wikipedia
Occitan literature — still sometimes called Provençal literature is a body of texts written in Occitan in what is nowadays the South of France. It originated in the poetry of the 11th and 12th century troubadours, and inspired the rise of vernacular literature… … Wikipedia
Occitan Party — Partit Occitan Leader Gustave Alirol Fo … Wikipedia
Southern France — (or the South of France), colloquially known as Le Midi, is a loosely defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, Italy, and Switzerland south of … Wikipedia
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 … Universalium
Southern Europe — The term Southern Europe, at its most general definition, is used to mean all countries in the south of Europe . However, the concept, at different times, has had different meanings, providing additional political, linguistic and cultural context … Wikipedia
Occitan phonology — This article describes the phonology of the Occitan language. Contents 1 Consonants 1.1 Gascon consonants 2 Vowels 2.1 General ablaut … Wikipedia
Occitan Valleys — Location of the Occitan Valleys (blue zone) within Occitania (red line) The Occitan Valleys (Occitan: Valadas Occitanas, Italian: Valli Occitane) are the part of Occitania (the territory of the Occitan language) which is situated within the… … Wikipedia
Occitan — noun Etymology: French, from Medieval Latin occitanus, from Old Occitan oc yes (contrasted with Old French oïl yes) + Medieval Latin itanus (perhaps as in aquitanus of Aquitaine) Date: 1958 a Romance language spoken in southern France • Occitan… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Occitan — [ ɒksɪt(ə)n] noun the medieval or modern language of Languedoc (southern France), including literary Provençal of the 12th–14th centuries. adjective relating to Occitan. Derivatives Occitanian noun & adjective Origin from Fr … English new terms dictionary