Southern Occitan

Southern Occitan

Southern Occitan "(sud-occitan)" is a group of Occitan dialects mostly spoken in Southern France. The dialects are Provençal "(Provençau)" and Lengadocian. Southern Occitan is spoken in the second-largest French city Marseilles (in Southern Occitan "Marselha"). Southern Occitan is spoken in large parts of Provence.


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