Occitan
Americannoun
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Released on Sony Latin, it actually began as her baccalaureate thesis project at the Superior Catalonia School of Music: a musical retelling of the 13th century Occitan romance “Flamenca.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022
For its 10th anniversary, the organizers held a special edition that featured acts in other minority languages including Basque, Occitan and Welsh.
From New York Times • May 14, 2022
The number of dialects, patois and vernacular languages — including Basque, Occitan, and Breton — reflect the multifaceted diversity of the country.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2020
Its songs preserve Occitan, a language of the Southern Mediterranean, in a style it calls “imaginary folklore.”
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2020
In The Divine Comedy, Dante gives the troubadour Arnaut Daniel, who appears in the Purgatorio, a speech in Occitan.
From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2013
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