Language Information by Source

Europe and North Asia

Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.

Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>1,000,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 2

A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.

2
Transmission

Transmission 1

Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.

1

Speakers

Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context

Countries
France
Location Description

Spoken in an area from Bordeaux in the northwest to Montpellier in the southeast, and from Toulouse in the southwest to Rodez in the northeast, covering the departments of Aveyron, Lot, Lotet- Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Tarn, Aude, He´rault, the eastern parts of Haute-
Garonne and Arie`ge, the southern parts of Dordogne, the Aurillac region of Cantal, the western parts of Gard, and smaller areas in Loze`re, Pyre´ne´es-Orientales, and Gironde.

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None

Writing Systems

Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
the Occitan literary language is essentially based on Languedocian.

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