Old akkadian writing and grammar oriental institute. Its origins, relationship with latin, french, catalan and spanish. Personal names perhaps you are expecting a baby and would like to give the child a cornish name. I have heard many times stories of catalan people going to occitania and being told i didnt know that you spoke patois or occitan people being told what a weird catalan you speak. Occitan language, modern name given by linguists to a group of dialects that form a romance language that was spoken in the early 21st century by about 1,500,000 people in southern france, though many estimates range as low as onethird that number. It is sometimes called lenga doc language of oc, french. Occitan wikipedia is the occitanlanguage edition of wikipedia. Occitan mama lisas world of children and international culture. Learning occitan, occitan books, newspapers and other media. Finally, all the programmes titles and subtitles are translated into occitan.
While the term would have been in use orally for some time after the decline of latin, as far as historical records show the italian medieval poet dante was the first to have recorded the term lingua doc in writing. The occitan language, the territory of occitania and the troubadours. This was given the official roman catholic imprimatur by a. Androw m cornish equivalent of andrew arthur m the legendary king of cornwall aswen f saint who gave her name to advent, cornish patron saint of sweethearts borlewen f meaning morning star. Occitania, the country that never was the first literary language of modern europe. Occitan names are used in southern france and parts of spain and italy. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. We suggest printing out the occitan exercise book and doing the exercises with a pencil or a pen.
Help us in creating the largest englishoccitan dictionary online. Heres a short, pretty, occitan poem to mark the start of fall. Help us in creating the largest english occitan dictionary online. Abonde adalais aelienor aelis aenor agnes agneta aicelina aidelina aienta aimada aimersent alazais albia albigesa alienor alpais amada amelha andreva angevina argentela armide audeta aularia azalais babette baussana beatris beatritz belina benezeita benvenguda berlanda bermonda berot bethilie bevenguda blanca blandina blandine boeria boneta. Catalan has evolved, since the middle ages, in a slightly more iberian fashion and occitan has become more heavily influenced by spanish.
Occitania is a warm and sunny region of southern france. In the new testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet. Since 2006, the occitan language is recognized as one of the official languages in catalonia, an autonomous region of spain the occitans are concentrated in occitania, but also in big urban centres in neighbouring regions. Since 2006, the occitan language is recognized as one of the official languages in catalonia, an autonomous region of spain. Vida old occitan is the usual term for a brief prose biography, written in old occitan, of a troubadour or trobairitz the word vida means life in occitan languages. Sample words and texts including traditional sayings. This list has taken me a long time, so if you find it useful, please upvote. The regions together are sometimes known unofficially as occitania. A lexicon for old occitan medicobotanical terminology in lemon. Occitan wikipedia simple english wikipedia, the free. Personal names in sogdian texts iranisches personennamenbuch, bd.
It is spoken in seven regions provencecote dazur, aquitaine, auvergne, dauphine, limousin, languedocroussillon, and midipyrenees in the south of france, which will be the focus of this document. His last name, cavailles, derivates from cavalh, the occitan word for horse. Occitan took a different path latin from all the above countris official languages. The langue doc, romance language developed from vulgar latin, spoken over a huge area. Monique palomares, who works with me on mama lisas world en francais, sent sent the poem to me. It makes our dictionary english occitan real, as it is created by native speakers people, that uses language for every day. While the term would have been in use orally for some time after the decline of latin, as far as historical records show, the italian medieval poet dante was the first to have recorded the term lingua doc in writing. Occitan mama lisas world of children and international. The present study of old akkadian writing and grammar is based on sources fully listed and discussed in the glossary of old akkadian published in 1957 as mad iii.
The occitan language is still used to varying levels by between 100,000 and 800,000 speakers in southern france and northern italy. However, the process can be quite tedious, requiring the manual con. Dec 28, 2016 occitan uses the roman alphabet, though k, w, and y are typically only found in loanwords and foreign names. Occitan language article about occitan language by the. Central catalan we find dom with strong personal pronouns regardless of person. Occitan is more familiar to some under its old names the langue doc and provencal, and less well known under its medieval name the roman tongue from which we derive our word romance. Lenga doc or langue doc or sometimes provencal in its own language. Use the force to ace this quiz on the words of the day from may 4 to may 10. A germanic personal name, from protogermanic raginaharduz, from.
Like french, it also features the cedille c, accent grave on a, e, and o, accent aigu on all vowels, and an umlaut on i and u. A full 35 pages of exercises in occitan to help you learn the key words and phrases in the language. Frenchoccitan names from the xii and xiii century, by ramons lo montalbes. Romantic love and romantic stories were both medieval inventions of the occitanspeaking world. The top five names account for 112 individuals 57% of men and the top ten names account for 154 individuals 78% of men.
Occitan the language of the languedoc, or langue doc. Occitan language learning resources list resource in the time that i have spent searching for resources, i have found an incredible amount of occitan language learning resources that are not very easy to find. Medieval occitan submitted surnames behind the name. Apr 16, 2004 in the case of catalan and occitan the basic vocabulary is galloromance whilst in the case of portuguese and spanish the basic vocabulary is iberian romance. Learn occitan with an exercise book download for free. Occitan and catalan were officially recognized as different languages in 1906, so as you can imagine it is really similar in its written form, but not when. Occitan definition is a romance language spoken in southern france. Occitan is a romance language spoken in a territory called occitania, which comprises southern france, monaco, part of italy the occitan valleys and part of spain the aran valley occitan has several different names. However, the legal names of these users are not known to the wikimedia foundation. Anglicized form of greek bariesou, meaning son of jesus. The history of the languedoc in the south of france.
French, ronjat 1937 on occitan, badia i margarit 1994 on catalan, pharies 2002 on spanish. Cornish and other personal names from the 10th century bodmin manumissions. Occitan townspeople in the 14th century sca college of. Occitan townspeople in the 14th century masculine given names. A primer on occitan names welcome to my magick theatre. The italian medieval poet dante was the first to have recorded the term lingua doc.
Many occitan surnames look similar to french surnames, though they may have a more vintage twist. The names show a mixture of french and dutch influence. The academy of saint gabriel collection of articles on medieval and renaissance names academy of saint gabriel a private heraldic consultation service, assisting members of the sca in finding historically authentic medieval names and coats of arms for use in sca activities. These manual annotations were performed in the context of the restaure project, whose goal is to develop. The name occitan comes from lenga doc language of oc, oc being the occitan word for yes. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Occitan is the name given to two or three different romance languages, or 2. The sources are quoted in the measure of their relevance. This is the first stage in the community tourist offices new editorial approach. The names are mostly masculine, but a few are feminine.
Occitan language simple english wikipedia, the free. I am a french native speaker, coming from occitania. In the time that i have spent searching for resources, i have found an incredible amount of occitan language learning resources that are not very easy to find. Glosbe is a collaborative project and every one can add and remove translations. Thus, under writing, only the typical examples matum, manama. The following names of 819 men and women are taken from taxation records from saintflour, france, between 80 and 85. Aap iske lamba karke wikipedia ke madat kare saktaa hae. The pdf files can be copied for viewing on your smartphone or your ipad using the ibooks app. Occitan names from saint flour, france, 8085 by aryanhwy merch catmael. Occitan article about occitan by the free dictionary. Occitan uses the roman alphabet, though k, w, and y are typically only found in loanwords and foreign names. Pages in category occitan personal pronouns the following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. Occitan also known as lenga doc by its native speakers, is a romance language or branch of. Occitan pronouns that are used as substitutes for known nouns.
This is a nonexhaustive list of people who were born in the occitania historical territory or. Includes the most commonly used words in occitan today. This well proven learning method is a refreshing choice in this digital age. French occitan names from the xii and xiii century, by ramons lo montalbes. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. We hope that this never comes up, but we may disclose your personal information if we believe that its reasonably necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm or death to a person, or to protect our organization, employees, contractors, users, or the. Valencian names of the inhabitants of peniscola, easter 1549, by gunnvor silfrahar an analysis of around 400 catalan names from mid16th c valencia. A great companion for occitan language learners, from beginner to intermediate level. The mediawiki api, for example, allows thirdparty software tools to communicate with mediawiki sites including wikimedia sites to carry out certain actions, such as reading or editing a page, automatically and remotely. Information from its description page there is shown below.
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