Gascon Language Article Index for
Gascon
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Information About

Gascon Language




  • Landese (Landés, Landais)

  • Bearnese (Bearnés, Béarnais)

  • Ariegese (Ariejés, Ariégeois)

  • Aranese (Aranés, Aranais)

  • Of these, only Aranese is spoken in Spain. Aranese has been greatly influenced by Catalan and Aragonese . This influence differentiates it from the dialects of Gascon spoken in France. Aranese is co-official with Spanish and Catalan in the Val d'Aran.


Gascon and the Basque Language have had mutual influences.


USAGE OF THE LANGUAGE

A poll in 1982 in Béarn indicated that 51% of the population spoke Gascon, 70% understood it, and 85% expressed a favourable opinion regarding the protection of the language.


EXAMPLES


See also: Languages Of France


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