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Sigma KEE - GasconLanguage
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GasconLanguage
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The GasconLanguage is an OcLanguage of France. SIL code: GSC. ISO 639-1: oc. ISO 639-2: oci. Population: 250,000 speakers in France (1990 P. Blanchet), The population in the Bearn region of southern Gasconha, France is 400,000 (1982), 51% speak Gascon, 70% understand it, 85% are in favor of saving it. Population total both countries 254,800. Region: Gascogne Province, from Medoc to the Pyrenees, from the Atlantic to the Catalan area. Bearnese is spoken by a strong majority in the Bearn. Alternate names: OCCITAN. Dialects: LANDAIS, BEARNAIS (BIARNESE), ARIEGEOIS, ARANESE. Comments: Gascon, Languedocien, and Limousin are structurally separate languages (F.B. Agard). Gascon speakers have some intelligibility of Provencal, some or limited intelligibility of Languedocien (reports differ). Inherently intelligible with Aranese Gascon in Spain, which is a dialect. Literacy rate in first language: Much lower than in Spain. Bible portions 1583-1983. Also spoken in: Spain. (Language name: GASCON, ARANESE.) Population: 3,814 speakers, plus 1,283 who understand it in Spain (1991 linguistic census) out of 5,922 in the valley (1991 census). Alternate names: ARANES, ARANESE, ARNAIS, GASCON, ARANESE OCCITAN. Dialects: BAISH ARANES, MIJARANES ARANES, NAUT ARANES. Comments: Some regional variation. Inherently intelligible with Commingese Gascon of France. Not as close to Limousin, Auvergnat, Languedocien, or Provencal, related languages of France. Over half the speakers are fluent in French, Spanish, Catalan, or Occitan. Catalan and Spanish are taught in school. About half of those in Spain also speak French because of commercial traffic both ways across the border. Most occasions. Speakers in Spain: 532 ages 2-14, 775 15-29, 733 30-44, 750 45-64, 609 over 65, 9 without age indicated. The Aranese magazine 'Toti' is published monthly. The Center of Linguistic Normalization is dedicated to the promotion of its use. Called 'Aranese' in France. Aranese is influenced by Catalan and Spanish more than French. Official language. Literacy rate in first language: 32% Aranese. Literacy rate in second language: Nearly 100% in Spanish, 50% in Catalan. Own orthography in Spain. Taught regularly in school since 1984. Newspapers. Bible portions 1583-1983.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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| Instances | ContentBearingPhysical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| | Entity | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| | GalloIberianLanguage | Of the 32 WesternRomanceLanguages, 30 of these are classified as a GalloIberianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | HumanLanguage | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| | IberoRomanceLanguage | Of the 30 GalloIberianLanguages, 17 of these are classified as an IberoRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | IndoEuropeanLanguage | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | ItalicLanguage | An ItalicLanguage is any of 48 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | ItaloWesternRomanceLanguage | Of the 47 RomanceLanguages, 38 of these are classified as an ItaloWesternRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | Language | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| | LanguageFamily | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| | LinguisticExpression | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| | NaturalLanguage | The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. |
| | OcLanguage | Of the 17 IberoRomanceLanguages, six of these are classified as an OcLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | Physical | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
| | RomanceLanguage | Of the 48 ItalicLanguages, 47 of these are classified as a RomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | WesternRomanceLanguage | Of the 38 ItaloWesternRomanceLanguages, 32 of these are classified as a WesternRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
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