Occitan

E14615

Gallo-Romance language Romance language

Occitan is a Romance language historically spoken in southern France and neighboring regions, known for its rich medieval literary tradition and close relation to Catalan.

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All labels observed (36)

Label	Occurrences
Occitan canonical	266
Occitan language	44
Provençal Occitan	22
Occitan language area	7
Gascon Occitan	5
Occitan culture	3
Provençal	3
Aranese	2
Gascon	2
Languedocien	2
Languedocien Occitan	2
Occitan (Aranese)	2
Old Occitan	2
Aranese language	1
Auvergnat Occitan	1
Classical Occitan	1
Langues d’oc	1
Limousin Occitan	1
Mieidia d’Aussau (Occitan/Béarnais)	1
Occitan (Aranese) in the Aran Valley	1
Occitan (Auvergnat dialect)	1
Occitan (Limousin dialect)	1
Occitan (historically)	1
Occitan (local varieties)	1
Occitan alphabet	1
Occitan dialect continuum	1
Occitan language continuum	1
Occitan linguistic area	1
Occitan standard	1
Old Provençal	1
Provençal poetry	1
Provençal standard of Occitan	1
Standard Occitan	1
Vivaro-Alpine Occitan	1
langue d'oc	1
occitan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T126450 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Occitan
Context triple: [Vulgar Latin, influenced, Occitan]

A. Niçard Occitan
Niçard Occitan is a Romance variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in and around the city of Nice in southeastern France.
B. Catalan
Catalan is a Romance language spoken primarily in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and parts of eastern Spain and southern France.
C. Romandy
Romandy is the French-speaking western region of Switzerland, encompassing cantons such as Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura.
D. Occitanie
Occitanie is a large administrative region in southern France known for its Mediterranean coastline, historic cities like Toulouse and Montpellier, and diverse landscapes ranging from coastal plains to the Pyrenees.
E. Corsicans
Corsicans are a Romance-speaking ethnic group native to the Mediterranean island of Corsica, known for their distinct culture and as the people from whom Napoleon Bonaparte originated.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Occitan
Target entity description: Occitan is a Romance language historically spoken in southern France and neighboring regions, known for its rich medieval literary tradition and close relation to Catalan.

A. Niçard Occitan
Niçard Occitan is a Romance variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in and around the city of Nice in southeastern France.
B. Catalan
Catalan is a Romance language spoken primarily in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and parts of eastern Spain and southern France.
C. Romandy
Romandy is the French-speaking western region of Switzerland, encompassing cantons such as Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura.
D. Occitanie
Occitanie is a large administrative region in southern France known for its Mediterranean coastline, historic cities like Toulouse and Montpellier, and diverse landscapes ranging from coastal plains to the Pyrenees.
E. Corsicans
Corsicans are a Romance-speaking ethnic group native to the Mediterranean island of Corsica, known for their distinct culture and as the people from whom Napoleon Bonaparte originated.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gallo-Romance language ⓘ Romance language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Catalan ⓘ
etymology	from Medieval Latin occitanus ⓘ
hasDialect	Auvergnat ⓘ Occitan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gascon Occitan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Languedocien Limousin ⓘ Niçard ⓘ Occitan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Provençal Vivaro-Alpine ⓘ
hasEndonym	lenga d'òc ⓘ occitan ⓘ
hasGlottologCode	occi1239 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Occitan self-link ⓘ
hasNotablePeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn	Catalonia ⓘ Val d’Aran ⓘ surface form: Val d'Aran
hasWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
hasWritingStandard	Classical Occitan orthography ⓘ Mistralian orthography ⓘ
historicalRegion	Occitanie ⓘ surface form: Occitania
historicalUse	medieval lyric poetry ⓘ troubadour literature ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	oc ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	oci ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	oci ⓘ
languageFamily	Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ Indo-European languages ⓘ Italic languages ⓘ Occitano-Romance languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ
nativeTo	Italy ⓘ Monaco ⓘ Occitanie ⓘ surface form: Occitania Southern France ⓘ Spain ⓘ Val d’Aran ⓘ surface form: Val d'Aran
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn	France ⓘ Italy ⓘ Spain ⓘ
regulates	Conselh de la Lenga Occitana ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	Catalan ⓘ surface form: Catalan language French ⓘ surface form: French language Italian language ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-European language ⓘ Occitano-Romance language ⓘ
usesGrammarType	fusional language ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (385)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nouvelle-Aquitaine → hasRegionalLanguages → Occitan ⓘ

Government of Catalonia → officialLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Limoges → historicalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

County of Roussillon → languageUsed → Occitan ⓘ

Vivarais → historicalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

Montluçon → historicLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan (Auvergnat dialect)

Privas → traditionalLanguageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

Arpitan → closelyRelatedTo → Occitan ⓘ

Cantal → historicalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Vallauris → traditionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

James I of Aragon → heritage → Occitan ⓘ

Monts Dore → regionLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Auvergnat Occitan

Bayonne, France → hasRegionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gascon Occitan

Orange (France) → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

Val d’Aran → hasRegionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aranese

Val d’Aran → knownFor → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aranese language

Val d’Aran → hasMinorityLanguageStatus → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aranese

Val d’Aran → traditionalLanguageFamily → Occitan ⓘ

Lordship of Montpellier (temporarily) → languageUsed → Occitan ⓘ

subject surface form: Lordship of Montpellier

Vallée d’Ossau → languageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

Montpellier, France → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

subject surface form: Montpellier

Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon → language → Occitan ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown of Aragon

Comtat Venaissin → language → Occitan ⓘ

Comtat Venaissin → nameLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Nissart → subclassOf → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

Nissart → partOf → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan dialect continuum

Pic du Midi d’Ossau → hasLanguageVariantName → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mieidia d’Aussau (Occitan/Béarnais)

Saint-Tropez → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

Agen → historicalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Saint-Gaudens → languageTradition → Occitan ⓘ

Corts of Aragon → usedLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

House of Poitiers → languageOfUse → Occitan ⓘ

House of Ivrea → language → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Occitan

Alpes-Maritimes → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Duke of Gascony → hasLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Southern France → hasRegionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal

Southern France → hasCulturalHeritage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan culture

Lombard → closelyRelatedTo → Occitan ⓘ

Bertrand de Born → languageOfWorkOrName → Occitan ⓘ

Bertrand de Born → ethnicGroup → Occitan ⓘ

Old Spanish → influencedBy → Occitan ⓘ

Limousin (de facto shared functions) → historicalLanguageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

Limousin (de facto shared functions) → historicalLanguageVariant → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Limousin Occitan

Gard → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Grau-du-Roi → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Lozère → languageTradition → Occitan ⓘ

Auch → historicalLanguageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gascon Occitan

Tournefeuille → hasRegionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

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