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.

Condom → languageTradition → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gascon Occitan

Lot → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Agly → languageOfName → Occitan ⓘ

Capcir → hasRegionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Foix → languageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language area

Pink City → hasHeritage → Occitan ⓘ

subject surface form: Toulouse

this entity surface form: Occitan culture

Tarn-et-Garonne → languageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language area

Vivaro-Alpine → subclassOf → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

Vivaro-Alpine → transitionalBetween → Occitan ⓘ

Vivaro-Alpine → isPartOf → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan linguistic area

Vivaro-Alpine → hasCulturalAssociation → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan culture

Mistralian orthography → appliesToLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

Mistralian orthography → usedInDialect → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

Mistralian orthography → writingSystemFor → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal standard of Occitan

oci → represents → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

oci → codeFor → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

Conselh de la Lenga Occitana → languageRegulated → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

Conselh de la Lenga Occitana → regulatesDialect → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Languedocien Occitan

Conselh de la Lenga Occitana → regulatesDialect → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

lenga d'òc → refersTo → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

lenga d'òc → nativeNameOf → Occitan ⓘ

lenga d'òc → hasDialect → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Languedocien

lenga d'òc → hasDialect → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal

lenga d'òc → standardVariety → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan standard

lenga d'òc → hasAlternativeName → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: occitan

lenga d'òc → hasAlternativeName → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: langue d'oc

Gard department → languageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

subject surface form: Gard

this entity surface form: Occitan language area

Niçard → subclassOf → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

Niçard → subclassOf → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

Niçard → languageFamily → Occitan ⓘ

Niçard → hasDialectContinuumWith → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

Limousin → languageRegionOf → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language

Aude → languageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language area

Pamiers → languageTraditionallySpoken → Occitan ⓘ

Lower Burgundy → language → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Occitan

Lavelanet → hasRegionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Saint-Affrique → languageTraditionallySpoken → Occitan ⓘ

Hautes-Pyrénées → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Lauragais → historicalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Port-la-Nouvelle → languageRegion → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occitan language area

Haute-Garonne → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Regional Natural Park of Aubrac → hasTraditionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Midi-Pyrénées → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Bigorre → languageHistoricallySpoken → Occitan ⓘ

Agde → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Pyrénées-Atlantiques → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Bouches-du-Rhône → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provençal Occitan

Bouches-du-Rhône → regionalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

Raymond IV of Toulouse → languageSpoken → Occitan ⓘ

Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave → historicalLanguage → Occitan ⓘ

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