ISO 639-3 · ocioci
Indo-European family
Occitan
Occitan is a language of the Occitano-Romance branch (Indo-European), spoken in France, Italy, Spain and Monaco. Wikidata counts about 30,000 speakers (2030). Wikidata describes it as “Romance language of Western Europe”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
oci- ISO 639-1
oc- Glottocode
occi1239- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 43.00, 1.00
- Wikipedia
- 167 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
4scripts
9levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Occitan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Provençal, lenga d'òc, Langue d'oc, Occitan language, Provençal language |
| All speakers | 30,000 (2030) |
| Written in | Latin script, classical norm of Occitan, Mistralian norm, Norme bonnaudienne |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Occitan
The branches above Occitan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in France
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