Also known as
LANGUEDOCIEN.
A separate language from Provençal
(P. Blanchet 1990). Gascon speakers have limited intelligibility of
Languedocien. Everyone speaks French as first or second language. To
family and close friends. Mainly spoken in rural communities by
people over 50. Attempts to standardize Languedocien for all
languages of southern France have not been accepted by speakers of
those languages. Attitudes are strong and differ about how different
the Oc varieties are from each other. Languedocien resembles most the
literary variety of Middle Occitan used in the Troubadours of the
Middle Ages. Literacy rate in second language: 99%. Toulouse
orthography is different from Ron. Poetry, newspapers. Bible portions
1888.