Old Occitan

Old Occitan
Old Occitan
Old Provençal
Region	Languedoc, Provence, Dauphiné, Auvergne, Limousin, Aquitaine, Gascony
Era	9th–14th centuries
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Iberian Gallo-Romance Occitano-Romance Old Occitan; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	pro
ISO 639-3	pro
Glottolog	oldp1253

Old Occitan (Modern Occitan: occitan ancian, Catalan: occità antic), also called Old Provençal, was the earliest form of the Occitano-Romance languages, as attested in writings dating from the eighth through the fourteenth centuries.^[1]^[2] Old Occitan generally includes Early and Old Occitan. Middle Occitan is sometimes included in Old Occitan, sometimes in Modern Occitan.^[3] As the term occitanus appeared around the year 1300,^[4] Old Occitan is referred to as "Romance" (Occitan: romans) or "Provençal" (Occitan: proensals) in medieval texts.

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^ Rebecca Posner, The Romance Languages, Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-521-28139-3
^ Frank M. Chambers, An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification. Diane, 1985 ISBN 0-87169-167-1
^ "The Early Occitan period is generally considered to extend from c. 800 to 1000, Old Occitan from 1000 to 1350, and Middle Occitan from 1350 to 1550" in William W. Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, 1995, ISBN 0-8240-4444-4
^ Smith and Bergin, Old Provençal Primer, p. 2

[2] Rebecca Posner, The Romance Languages, Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-521-28139-3

[3] Frank M. Chambers, An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification. Diane, 1985 ISBN 0-87169-167-1

[4] "The Early Occitan period is generally considered to extend from c. 800 to 1000, Old Occitan from 1000 to 1350, and Middle Occitan from 1350 to 1550" in William W. Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, 1995, ISBN 0-8240-4444-4

[5] Smith and Bergin, Old Provençal Primer, p. 2

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