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Sigma KEE - ProvencalLanguage
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provencal language
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The ProvencalLanguage is an OcLanguage of France. SIL code: PRV. ISO 639-1: oc. ISO 639-2: oci. Population: 250,000 fluent speakers in France, 800,000 with some knowledge (1990 P. Blanchet). Population total all countries: 354,500. Region: Southeastern France, province of Provence, south of Dauphine, region of Nimes in Languedoc. Alternate names: PROUVENCAU, MISTRALIEN. Dialects: TRANSALPIN, NICARD (NICOIS), MARITIME PROVENCAL (MARSEILLAIS, TOULONNAIS, VAROIS), GAVOT (ALPIN, VALEIEN, GAPIAN, FORCALQUIEREN), RHODANIEN (NIMOIS), DAUPHINOIS (DROMOIS). Comments: Gascon, Languedocien, and Limousin are structurally separate languages (F. Agard). Provencal and Languedocien (Occitan) are separate languages (P. Blanchet 1990). No Provencal variety is universally accepted as the standard literary form. Nicard and Northern Gavot (Valeien and Gapian) are more difficult for other dialect speakers to understand. Through increased contact in army and school, most speakers are actively bilingual in French. Literary French is sometimes difficult for speakers with less school education. Regional French has a lot of Provencal influence. Most speakers are over 50 years old. There is regional pride and increasing status as a literary language. Strong demand for teaching in school and books in Provencal. Attitudes are strong and differ about how different the Oc varieties are from each other. The Nobel Prize laureate Frederic Mistal wrote in Provencal. Two orthographies in use: Ron and Toulousse. Bible portions 1824-1975. Also spoken in: Italy. (Language name: PROVENCAL. Population: 100,000 in Italy (1990 P. Blanchet). Alternate names: PROVENZALE. Dialects: TRANSALPIN. Comments: Bilingualism in Piemontese, Italian. All ages. It is widely spoken. Bible portions 1824-1975. Also spoken in: Monaco. (Language name: PROVENCAL.) Population: 4,500 in Monaco, 15% of the population (1988). Dialects: NICARD (NICOIS). Comments: Speakers come from Nice and Cannes. Bible portions 1824-1975.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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| Instances | content bearing physical | 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. |
| | gallo iberian language | Of the 32 WesternRomanceLanguages, 30 of these are classified as a GalloIberianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | human language | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| | ibero romance language | Of the 30 GalloIberianLanguages, 17 of these are classified as an IberoRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | indo european language | 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/) |
| | italic language | An ItalicLanguage is any of 48 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | italo western romance language | 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. |
| | language family | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| | linguistic expression | 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. |
| | natural language | 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. |
| | oc language | 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. |
| | romance language | Of the 48 ItalicLanguages, 47 of these are classified as a RomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | western romance language | Of the 38 ItaloWesternRomanceLanguages, 32 of these are classified as a WesternRomanceLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
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