Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
E327720
Vivaro-Alpine Occitan is a variety of the Occitan language spoken in southeastern France and parts of Italy, forming a transitional dialect between Provençal and Northern Occitan.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alpine Occitan | 3 |
| Alpine Provençal | 3 |
| Provençal Occitan | 3 |
| Vivaro-Alpine Occitan canonical | 3 |
| Vesubià (Occitan) | 1 |
| Vivaroalpine Occitan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035378 — 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: Vivaro-Alpine Occitan Context triple: [Nissart, closelyRelatedTo, Vivaro-Alpine Occitan]
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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.
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B.
Occitan
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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C.
Roussillonnais Catalan
Roussillonnais Catalan is a regional variety of the Catalan language spoken in the Roussillon area of southern France, reflecting both Catalan and Gallo-Romance linguistic influences.
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D.
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) is a Romance language historically spoken in parts of France, Switzerland, and Italy, distinct from both French and Occitan and now considered endangered.
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E.
Poitevin-Saintongeais
Poitevin-Saintongeais is a Romance language of western France, closely related to French and Occitan, traditionally spoken in the Poitou and Saintonge regions.
- 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: Vivaro-Alpine Occitan Target entity description: Vivaro-Alpine Occitan is a variety of the Occitan language spoken in southeastern France and parts of Italy, forming a transitional dialect between Provençal and Northern Occitan.
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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.
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B.
Occitan
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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C.
Roussillonnais Catalan
Roussillonnais Catalan is a regional variety of the Catalan language spoken in the Roussillon area of southern France, reflecting both Catalan and Gallo-Romance linguistic influences.
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D.
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) is a Romance language historically spoken in parts of France, Switzerland, and Italy, distinct from both French and Occitan and now considered endangered.
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E.
Poitevin-Saintongeais
Poitevin-Saintongeais is a Romance language of western France, closely related to French and Occitan, traditionally spoken in the Poitou and Saintonge regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Occitan dialect
ⓘ
Romance language variety ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
ⓘ
surface form:
Alpine Provençal
Vivaro-Alpin ⓘ Vivaro-Alpine ⓘ Vivaroalpine ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alpine Occitan
Dauphinois ⓘ Niçois (Occitan variety) ⓘ Vivarois ⓘ |
| hasDominantContactLanguage |
French
ⓘ
Italian language ⓘ
surface form:
Italian
|
| hasISOCode | oc (macrolanguage) ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily |
Gallo-Romance languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Gallo-Romance
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
Occitano-Romance ⓘ Romance ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
French
ⓘ
Italian language ⓘ
surface form:
Italian
Piedmontese ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | use of clitic subject pronouns in some areas ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
frequent palatalization of /k/ and /g/ before front vowels
ⓘ
reduction of final vowels in some subdialects ⓘ |
| hasStandardOrthography |
Classical Occitan orthography
ⓘ
Mistralian orthography ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Occitan dialects ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Occitan
ⓘ
surface form:
Occitan language continuum
|
| isTransitionalBetween |
Northern Occitan
ⓘ
Provençal Occitan ⓘ |
| partOfLinguisticGroup | Occitan dialects of the Alpine arc ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
France
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
ⓘ
Aosta Valley ⓘ Ardèche ⓘ Drôme ⓘ Hautes-Alpes ⓘ Isère ⓘ Liguria ⓘ Occitan Valleys in Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Occitan Valleys of Italy
Piedmont ⓘ Vivarais ⓘ southeastern France ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Gallo-Romance languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Occitan language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local oral tradition
ⓘ
regional literature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vivaro-Alpine Occitan Description of subject: Vivaro-Alpine Occitan is a variety of the Occitan language spoken in southeastern France and parts of Italy, forming a transitional dialect between Provençal and Northern Occitan.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alpine Provençal
this entity surface form:
Alpine Occitan
this entity surface form:
Provençal Occitan
this entity surface form:
Provençal Occitan
this entity surface form:
Provençal Occitan
this entity surface form:
Alpine Provençal
this entity surface form:
Alpine Occitan
this entity surface form:
Vesubià (Occitan)
this entity surface form:
Alpine Occitan
this entity surface form:
Alpine Provençal
this entity surface form:
Vivaroalpine Occitan