Occitan
Let an agent describe Occitan, its dialects, status and history, relay speaker figures with sources, present orthographic and naming debates with attribution, and point to learning and reference resources.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identify What Occitan is.
Definition
Language and dialects.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Occitan, and what dialects and varieties exist? definition
- Is the question about Occitan, Catalan or a specific dialect? boundary
Status
Status and speakers.
Status
Status.
- Where is Occitan official or recognised, and how many speak it, with sources and criteria? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Structure Grammar and writing.
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Occitan grammar and phonology? definition
- Which entry fits Romance linguistics? action
Orthography
Orthographies.
Orthography
Orthography.
- How do the classical and Mistralian orthographies differ, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History History and literature.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Occitan develop from the troubadour era through decline to modern revival movements? provenance
- Which entry fits the troubadours? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the main periods of Occitan literature, including the Felibrige? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Learn Learning and revitalisation.
Learning
Learning resources.
Learning
Learning.
- Which resources and schools exist for learning Occitan? provenance
- Which entry fits Calandreta schools? action
Revitalisation
Revitalisation.
Revitalisation
Revitalisation.
- What revitalisation efforts exist, and how is the language endangered? provenance
- Which entry fits language revitalisation? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Occitan whistled from Aas, Royasc, Maritime Provençal, Marchois, standard Occitan, North Occitan, Southern Occitan, Auvergnat, Gascon, Occitan dialects, Arverno-Mediterrean, Judeo-Gascon
What it is Filled
A Romance language spoken in southern France, the Aran Valley of Spain and parts of Italy and Monaco, with dialects including Provencal, Languedocien, Gascon, Limousin, Auvergnat and Vivaro-Alpine and transitional varieties such as Royasc and Marchois; Occitan was the language of the medieval troubadours, has a standard form and competing orthographies, is official in the Aran Valley, recognised in Italy and a minority language in France, and is endangered, with unusual forms such as a whistled variety historically used in Aas.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe Occitan, its dialects, status and history, relay speaker figures with sources, present orthographic and naming debates with attribution, and point to learning and reference resources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Troubadour literary heritage
- Dialect diversity
- Two orthographic traditions
- Endangered status
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present the dialect-versus-language debate as settled.
- Mix orthographies without saying so.
- Describe Occitan as a patois or lesser speech.
- Present unsourced speaker figures.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing official or educational texts in Occitan.
May
- Explain Occitan, its dialects and where it is spoken, with sourced figures.
- Translate texts, naming the dialect and orthography used.
- Point to Occitan language institutions for authoritative usage.
Moral aspects Filled
- Occitan speakers faced suppression; respect supports revival.
- Language data belongs to communities who should consent to its use.
Who is affected
- Occitan speakers
- Learners and teachers
Owners Filled
Steward
The public: held in common by its speakers, with regional language bodies.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q500394 - registry parent class
- Q599958 - registry parent class
related
- Occitano-Romance language - in registry terms
- Gallo-Romance language - in registry terms
- Catalan language - the closest relative
- Aran Valley - as Aranese
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.occitan
- Wikidata: Q14185 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14185)
- ISO 639-1: oc
- ISO 639-3: oci
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- speakers: about 100000 to 800000 people - estimates vary widely by criteria
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Romance language of southern France and adjacent areas
- Provencal, Gascon, Languedocien and other dialects
- Catalan is a closely related but distinct language; French is the dominant language of the region
- Not a visible object; written in the Latin alphabet in classical or Mistralian orthography.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe the language and dialects
- relay status and speaker figures
- present debates with attribution
- point to learning resources
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Presenting dialect-versus-language debates as settled
- Unsourced speaker figures
- Confusing orthographies
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Catalan and Aranese language laws for the Aran Valley
- Italian law 482/1999 on linguistic minorities
- French regional language provisions
- Orthographic norms of the Conselh de la Lenga Occitana and Mistralian tradition
Context of use required Filled
- Communication and cultural identity in Occitania.
- Provencal including Maritime Provencal
- Languedocien
- Gascon including Aranese
- Limousin, Auvergnat and Vivaro-Alpine, the North Occitan group
- transitional varieties such as Royasc and Marchois
- standard Occitan
- the whistled Occitan of Aas as a historical curiosity
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q14185: Occitan - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Occitan language - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each dialect be a separate entry?
- How should census and survey sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects and a whistled variety; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q14185/spec.json