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Preferred term

ociOccitan  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Occitan (, or ), known also as Lenga dòc (; ), is a Romance language spoken in southern France, Italys Occitan Valleys, Monaco, and Spains Val dAran: the regions sometimes known unofficially as Occitania. It is also spoken in the linguistic enclave of Guardia Piemontese (Calabria, Italy). It is an official language in Catalonia, Spain (known as Aranese in Val dAran). Occitans closest relative is Catalan. Since September 2010, the Parliament of Catalonia has considered Aranese Occitan to be the officially preferred language for use in the Val d'Aran. The term Provençal (Occitan: provençal, provençau or prouvençau, ) may be used as a traditional synonym for Occitan but, nowadays, “Provençal” is mainly understood as an Occitan dialect spoken in Provence.

Entry terms

  • Occitan language
  • Occitan (post 1500)

ISO 639-1 code

  • oc

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • oci

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • oci

ISO 639-3 code

  • oci

Notation

  • oci

In other languages

  • occitan

    French

  • Occitan
  • occitan (après 1500)
  • Okzitanisch

    German

  • Okzitanische Sprache
  • occitano

    Italian

  • Lingua occitana
  • Portuguese

  • Língua occitana
  • occitânico
  • occitano

    Spanish

  • Idioma occitano

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/oci

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