Of the twenty-odd so-called regional languages spoken in metropolitan France, six are classed under the heading of Occitan or Langue d’Oc. Despite being spoken by over half a million people, and being ...

Ever heard of the Occitan language, the native tongue of the South of France? It is a language spoken by so few nowadays that even those who have vacationed multiple times in Nice, Cannes or anywhere ...

Given that the overwhelming majority of Occitan speakers today are new speakers — that is children, younger people and adults who learnt or are learning it besides their native French — it is ...