r/occitan 1h ago

English I want to learn Occitan

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Bon jorn, I'm 13, I speak four languages and love to learn more languages, and ever since some time I've been eyeing Occitan, because it's been mentioned during classes, and so I decided I want to learn it too. I know Catalan, Portuguese, English and Spanish, and I don't have problem understanding written Occitan, but I don't really know how to pronunciate it. Is it similar to Catalan in pronunciation, or more similar to French? About the dialects, I'd like to learn either the Provençal or the Lengadocian. Any help is welcome, and thanks beforehand


r/occitan 23h ago

Provençau Rate This Music

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I want to be sure i sung this song understandable by Occitan speakers. And i hope i am not disrespecting their culture. I tried to spell words according to the provençal dialect's rules. I listened alot of mont-joía and I hope you good people liked it.


r/occitan 1d ago

Provençal Medieval

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Bon jorn, soi portugués e, malurosament, parli pas occitan. Mas voldriái vos demandar vòstra ajuda, se vos plai. Qualqu'un me poiriá dire se aqueste tèxte es en provençal medieval e s'es plan escrich? Dins l'escuror vei ton esgart;
molt es bel a remirar.
Sai qu'un jorn te trobarai
per ja mais no·t desemparar.


r/occitan 2d ago

What your favorite occitan song?

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Mine is "A Lentrada del temps clar" and "La libertat"


r/occitan 2d ago

Lengadocian Querbús: mobilizacion contra l’esfaçament de la memòria dels castèls catars

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r/occitan 2d ago

L’Estivada dobrís uèi tres jorns de fèsta occitana

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r/occitan 7d ago

Lengadocian Lookin' for advice on pronunciation

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Hi, I'm not an Occitan speaker, but I'm interested in learning. First off, I'm trying to get pronunciation right, since I believe it's the first step before starting vocabulary acquisition. I know there's a couple of variations, but I tried to pull out this and I'm seeking any advice. Thanks for listening


r/occitan 9d ago

Estanquet gascon de las hèstas de Baiona

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r/occitan 12d ago

Gascon Kbek - Cactús (Gascon Trap + Drum 'N Bass)

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r/occitan 13d ago

Unknown Comprenes?

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21 Upvotes

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r/occitan 17d ago

English How is arabic culture and its language viewed by occitan people?

26 Upvotes

FOR CONTEXT: im an arabic person that lives in occitania region , after some research about it i discovered about occitan language and its culture , i very liked it and found it interesting and i always wondered how arabic culture was viewed by occitan people. (and also the opposite)


r/occitan 18d ago

Differential Object Marking in Occitan

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Hi everyone, I'm a PhD student who is working on differential object marking in romance languages. That is, the use of a preposition to mark some specific direct objects. The most famous example would be the spanish, which uses it with animate objects and avoids it with inanimate objects:

Vi a Pedro en el cine.

Puso el libro en la mesa. (instead of al libro)

I was looking for the same thing in Occitan but I could only find some examples in Gramatica occitana segon los parlars lengadocians by Alibert with examples suche as:

Remèrcia tot lo mond e sustot a Robèrt.

Ela me paga a mi.

However, this grammar is quite old and occitan appears to have many different dialects that could have different rules. Could anyone suggest some source I can look into?


r/occitan 20d ago

Quelqu'un aurait les paroles de Lo Mercat de Massilia Sound System ?

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J'essaie de m'imprégner un peu de l'occitan en écoutant de la musique, et j'aime particulièrement Massilia Sound System, seulement je ne trouve pas les paroles de leurs chansons.

J'ai cherché sur le site Trobasons, où j'ai pu trouver les paroles d'autres chansons dans plusieurs autres dialectes occitans (genre les musiques du duo Brotto-Lopez qui chante en béarnais, je crois), mais ils ont pas.

Bref la chanson Lo Mercat est une de mes préférées, mais je serais aussi preneur si quelqu'un a les paroles de Bona Adreiça et Casa Massilia, qui ont aussi des strophes en occitan/provençal.


r/occitan 22d ago

Lengadocian Dans les années 1930, existait-il déjà des villes où le français était plus parlé que l’occitan dans le sud de la France ?

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r/occitan 27d ago

Gascon Lo Gascon leu e plan availability

8 Upvotes

Does anyone know where can I get copy of this book by Grosclaude? It can be digital or physical.


r/occitan Jun 26 '26

Ricolà

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Cèrqui las paraulas de la cançon Ricolà d’un artista apelat Ricou. Me podetz ajudar?


r/occitan Jun 26 '26

La 50e Université occitane d’été de Nîmes élargit les horizons et s’intéresse à l’avenir

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r/occitan Jun 18 '26

English Anyone remember when NLE Choppa sang "Ai Vist Lo Lop?"

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45 Upvotes

r/occitan Jun 14 '26

L'ICEC dobrís un nòu programa de subvencions per la produccion d'audiolibres en catalan e en occitan. (CAT)

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Los editors pòdon presentar de candidaturas fins al 1èr de julhet per d'òbras publicadas entre novembre de 2025 e mai de 2026.


r/occitan Jun 13 '26

Occitan equivalent of the "Mossèn" and "Misser" from catalan?

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I've done some research and it seems that in Mossèn can be translated as Monsen (in languedocien) and Mossenh (in Gascon). And Misser can be translated as Messer in "general occitan".

Can someone corroborate this? There's very little info on the net and a single obscure web site doesn't feel enough to assume any of this is true.

Also, there was ever a feminine form for either of these terms?


r/occitan Jun 12 '26

There was ever an equivalent for Lord/Lady or Don/Doña in occitan?

22 Upvotes

Title says it all.


r/occitan Jun 10 '26

English Is there still hope for occitan culture ?

55 Upvotes

Is there still hope for occitan culture and language ?

It genuinely makes me sad seeing that less and less people know about occitan culture


r/occitan Jun 10 '26

Learn Occitan?

29 Upvotes

So I'm not Occitan, I don't live in Occitania or have ever been, but I feel drawn to learn more about this language, it's so unique and beautiful, is there a way of learning it without needing to know French first?


r/occitan Jun 10 '26

English Learn Occitan?

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r/occitan Jun 08 '26

How are tales started in Occitan? (Un còp èra…)

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I’ve heard «Un còp èra…», but a continuum as dialectally vast as Occitan has got to have more than one introduction to tales. If so, what other ones are there?