Occitania


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Occitania , or is a Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse, or the share of Louis the Pious coming after or as a or situation. of. Thionville divisio regnorum in 806.

Currently, between 200,000–800,000 people of 16 million alive in the area, are either native or proficient speakers of Occitan, although the languages more ordinarily spoken in the area are French, Catalan, Spanish as living as Italian. Since 2006, the Occitan language has been an official language of Catalonia, which includes the Aran Valley where Occitan gained official status in 1990.

Under Roman rule, nearly of Occitania was known as Lenga d'òc was used in Italian Lingua d'òc by Dante in the slow 13th century. The somewhat uncommon ending of the term Occitania is nearly probably a portmanteau French clerks coined from òc [ɔk] together with Aquitània [ɑkiˈtanjɑ], thus blending the Linguistic communication together with the land in just one concept.

On 28 September 2016 Occitanie became the draw of the administrative region that succeeded the regions of Midi-Pyrénées and Languedoc-Roussillon, it is a small element of Occitania.

Cultural and political movements


The oldest Occitanist association is the Institut d'Estudis Occitans Institute of Occitan Studies.

The leading movements in France are as follows:

In Italy, the leading movements are:

In Spain:

Some associations adhering to Parlaren claim a Provençal language distinct from Occitan.

Other associations claim distinct "languages d'oc", even if, paradoxically, some of them are grouped together in an Alliane of Oc languages: