Occitan

Romance language of Western Europe
Intangible natural_language Q14185
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Occitan

Summary

Occitan is a natural language[1]. Occitan ranks in the top 3% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,268 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Occitan is in the country of France[3].
  • Occitan is in the country of Italy[4].
  • Occitan is in the country of Spain[5].
  • Occitan is in the country of Monaco[6].
  • Occitan's instance of is recorded as natural language[7].
  • Occitan's instance of is recorded as modern language[8].
  • Occitan is a type of Occitano-Romance[9].
  • Occitan is a type of Gallo-Romance[10].
  • Occitan's writing system is recorded as Latin script[11].
  • Occitan's writing system is recorded as classical norm of Occitan[12].
  • Occitan's writing system is recorded as Mistralian norm[13].
  • Occitan's writing system is recorded as Norme bonnaudienne[14].
  • Occitan is part of regional languages of France[15].
  • Occitan is part of languages of Catalonia[16].
  • Occitan is part of languages of Italy[17].
  • Occitan is part of languages of Occitania[18].
  • Occitan's Commons category is recorded as Occitan language[19].
  • Occitan's Wikimedia language code is recorded as oc[20].
  • Occitan comprises Auvergnat[21].
  • Occitan comprises Gascon[22].
  • Occitan comprises Languedocian[23].
  • Occitan comprises Limousin[24].
  • Occitan comprises Judeo-Gascon[25].
  • Occitan comprises Shuadit[26].
  • Occitan comprises Nissart[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[7] and modern language[8]. Recorded subclass of include Occitano-Romance[9] and Gallo-Romance[10].

Use and Application

Components include Auvergnat[21], a dialect[28], in France[29]; Gascon[22], a dialect[30], in France[31]; Languedocian[23], a dialect[32], in France[33]; Limousin[24], an Occitan dialects[34], in France[35]; Judeo-Gascon[25], a sociolect[36]; and Shuadit[26], a dead language[37]. Part of include regional languages of France[15]; languages of Catalonia[16], a languages of a geographic region[38], in Spain[39]; languages of Italy[17], a languages of a country[40], in Italy[41]; and languages of Occitania[18], a languages of a geographic region[42].

Why It Matters

Occitan ranks in the top 3% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,268 views/month).[2] Occitan has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Occitan is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved . culture.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related category Category:Occitan pronunciation
    Practiced by félibre, Occitans, Occitan teacher
    Country France, Italy, Spain +1
    Linguistic typology subject–verb–object, stress-timed language, fusional language
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