Occitan
Romance language of Western Europe
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Summary
Occitan is a natural language[1]. Occitan ranks in the top 3% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,129 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: France[3], Italy[4], Spain[5], Monaco[6]
- Instance of: modern language[7]
- Subclass of: Occitano-Romance[8], Gallo-Romance[9]
- Writing system: Latin script[10], classical norm of Occitan[11], Mistralian norm[12], Norme bonnaudienne[13]
- Part of: regional languages of France[14], languages of Catalonia[15], languages of Italy[16], languages of Occitania[17]
- Commons category: Occitan language[18]
- Wikimedia language code: oc[19]
- Has part(s): Auvergnat[20], Gascon[21], Languedocian[22], Limousin[23], Judeo-Gascon[24], Shuadit[25], Nissart[26], Vivaro-Alpine[27], Provençal[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Occitan language[29]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 542,000[30], 110,000[31], 526,000[32], 30,000[33]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[34], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], The New Student's Reference Work[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38]
- Native label: Occitan[39], lenga d'òc[40]
- Short name: окситайнаг[41]
- Different from: languages of Occitania[42]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[43]
- Uses: classical norm of Occitan[44], Mistralian norm[45], Norme bonnaudienne[46]
- Indigenous to: Val d'Aran[47], Cantal[48], Loire[49], Haute-Loire[50], Haute-Vienne[51], Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[52], Aquitaine[53], Languedoc-Roussillon[54], Limousin[55], Midi-Pyrénées[56], Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[57], Poitou-Charentes[58], Piedmont[59], Province of Imperia[60]
Why It Matters
Occitan has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Occitan is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]