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  aranese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /aranese.html   (161 words)

  
 Aranese language - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aranese (Aranès) is a dialect of Gascon (which is part of the Occitan language group of the Romance languages), spoken in Val d'Aran, Spain, where it is an official language.
Considered to be an endangered language, being spoken mainly by older people, it is now experiencing a renaissance and since 1984 it is taught in school.
Most Aranese are also fluent in Spanish, Catalan and French.
open-encyclopedia.com /Aranese   (92 words)

  
 The Aranese Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aranese is the variant of the Gascon dialect spoken in La Val D’Aran.
The major linguistic consequence of this linguistic group in prolonged contact within a nation-state is a diglossic situation, where the subordinate group shift their language in most of the domains to the language of the dominant group.
This prolonged contact situation of Aranese and Castilian people determined a situation where Castilian was considered a prestigious language, and Aranese was considered the language used by cattlemen and farmers.
www.urv.es /centres/Departaments/dfag/gallego.html   (1807 words)

  
 val d aran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Inhabitants speak a dialect of Gascon called "Aranès" (known in English as "Aranese"), strongly influenced by Aragonese and Catalan.
Aranese has been regularly taught at school since 1984.
Like several other minority languages in Europe that, until recently, were on the decline and spoken only by the older members of a given society, Aranese is experiencing a renaissance.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /val_d_aran.html   (571 words)

  
 EUROPA - Education and Training - Europa - Regional and minority languages - Euromosaïc study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aranese is not used as the main classroom language in any secondary or technical school.
Aranese does not seem to be used within the judicial system, and it appears that no provision has been made for a translation service.
On the other hand, the impact of Aranese teaching in schools was already discernible in the relatively high rates of systematic use of Aranese recorded among children under the age of ten compared to adolescents, almost 40% of whom habitually expressed themselves in Spanish.
europa.eu.int /comm/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/es7_en.html   (2640 words)

  
 OCCITAN in Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aranese is the official language of the Val d'Aran, together with Catalan and Spanish.
Aranese is the language of instruction during the first few years.
Aranese is limited to a total presence of one programme a week on the Catalan TV service and a short daily programme in the radio schedule of the Autonomous Community.
www.minority2000.net /Gr-75/t64gb.htm   (270 words)

  
 Catalonia biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Aranese: Catalonha, Spanish: Cataluña, French: Catalogne) is an Autonomous Region in the north-east of Spain.
Catalan is the official language of Catalonia, as laid down in the Catalan Statute of Autonomy [1], in addition to Spanish, which is official in all of Spain as mandated by the 1978 Spanish Constitution.
According to the 2001 Aranese Linguistic Census [3], knowledge of Aranese in the Occitan-speaking territory of Aran is as follows:
catalonia.biography.ms   (2021 words)

  
 Catalonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Catalan is the official language of Catalonia, as laid down in the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, in addition to Spanish, which is official in all of Spain as mandated by the 1978 Spanish Constitution.
Occitan, in its Aranese variety (a dialect of Gascon) is official and subject to special protection in the Aran Valley, which is notable, as this small region of 7,000 is the only place where Occitan (majoritarily spoken in France and some Italian valleys) has full official status.
According to the 2001 Aranese Linguistic Census, knowledge of Aranese in the Occitan-speaking territory of Aran is as follows:
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ca/Catalonia.htm   (1720 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The main events that have affected the position of the Aranese language in recent years are the formulation and promulgation of a standardized spelling system, the...
The local Aranese language is closely related to what is spoken in equally isolated farming villages across the border...
Aranese Language Aranese language Aranese (Aranès) is a dialect of Spain, where it is an official language...
aranese_language.iqexpand.com   (402 words)

  
 Catalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Spanish: Cataluña, Aranese: Catalonha, French: Catalogne) is an Autonomous Community of Spain, in the north-east corner of the country.
Occitan, in its Aranese variety (a dialect of Gascon) is official and subject to special protection in the Val d'Aran (Aran Valley), which is notable, as this small region of 7,000 is the only place where Occitan (spoken mainly in France and some Italian valleys) has full official status.
According to the 2001 Aranese Linguistic Census [19] (http://www6.gencat.net/llengcat/aran/docs/a_aran_cens.pdf), knowledge of Aranese in the Occitan-speaking territory of Aran is as follows:
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Catalonia   (3245 words)

  
 CATALONIA FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Catalonia is divided in four provinces: Barcelona, Girona ''(Gerona in Spanish)'', Lleida ''(Lérida in Spanish, Lhèida in Aranese)'', Tarragona.
After Franco's death (1975) and the adoption of a democratic constitution in Spain (1978), Catalonia recovered its autonomous status (lost with the fall of the Second_Spanish_Republic at the conclusion of the Spanish Civil War in 1939).
According to the 2001 Aranese Linguistic Census http://www6.gencat.net/llengcat/aran/docs/a_aran_cens.pdf, knowledge of Aranese in the Occitan-speaking territory of Aran is as follows:
www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /Catalonia   (2407 words)

  
 LINGUIST List 12.1552: Turell, Multilingualism in Spain (2 rev)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Characteristic features of Aranese as a Gascon variety of Occitan, Occitan features and the presence of non-consonantal plural markers as a feature of noun morphology are illustrated; verb morphology is not shown but references are given.
The contact situation for Aranese is a trilingual (or perhaps quadrilingual) one in a small population of about 3000 speakers.
Though Aranese has survived for centuries and there is present consciousness and maintenance efforts, other languages are important for most young speakers who do not see their future limited to the Aran valley.
www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/12/12-1552.html   (2457 words)

  
 Catalonia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya; Spanish: Cataluña; Aranese: Catalonha); is one of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain, and most of the historic territory of the former Principality of Catalonia.
Official languages are Catalan, Spanish and Aranese in Val d'Aran.
According to the 2001 Aranese Linguistic Census [17], knowledge of Aranese in the Occitan-speaking territory of Aran is as follows:
www.tocatch.info /en/Catalonia.htm   (2432 words)

  
 Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In some autonomous communities, Catalan/Valencian, Basque, and Galician are co-official; in the Val d'Aran, the Aranese dialect of Occitan is co-official
Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan/Cataluña in Spanish/ Catalunha in Aranese)
Catalan, Galician, Aranese (Occitan) and Spanish (Castilian) are all descended from Latin and have their own dialects, some championed as separate languages by their speakers (the Valencià of València, a dialect of Catalan, is one example).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spain   (4791 words)

  
 Read about Aranese language at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Aranese language and learn about Aranese language ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Research Aranese language and learn about Aranese language here!
Aranese (Aranès or Aranais) is a dialect of
Gascon (which is part of the Occitan language group of the Romance languages), spoken in
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Aranese   (139 words)

  
 Spain Baqueira Beret
Then came Franco, and most of the Aranese were happy to be so far from the situation.
The local Aranese language is closely related to what is spoken in equally isolated farming villages across the border in the French Pyrenees – though now, of course, everyone also speaks Spanish too.
Start with a local variant of vichyssoise, served in a shot-glass-size bowl, with mini-croquettes and a teeny spoon, or if you are courageous, a crock of olla Aranese, a local favorite delicately described as “innards soup.” The duck entrée is splendid, featuring both the breast in foie gras sauce and the leg paired with pear.
www.bluebookski.com /bluebook9/Spain_Baqueira_Beret.htm   (2567 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:GSC
Inherently intelligible with Aranese Gascon in Spain, which is a dialect.
The Center of Linguistic Normalization is dedicated to the promotion of its use.
Aranese is influenced by Catalan and Spanish more than French.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=GSC   (267 words)

  
 List of Romance Languages & Dialects with Number of Speakers and Areas of Distribution
Relationship and Description: Inherently intelligible with Commingese Gascon of France, and called 'Aranese' in France.
Nearly 100% literate in Spanish; 1,899 literate in Catalan, 1,232 literate in Aranese.
Inherently intelligible with Aranese in Spain, which is a dialect.
www.orbilat.com /General_Survey/List_of_Romance_Languages.html   (3673 words)

  
 Occitan Community's Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aranese is spoken in Val d'Aran in Catalonia and is essentially a variant of Gascon Occitan.
The people there have the right to use their language in many aspects of society, unlike the Occitans in France.
From there though, the surveys and reports are available in a variety of languages [this is a lie, only French and English are really available, Catalan hopefully will attain some translations of these soon] (I am a native English speaker, so I'll concentrate on them -- it's easier for me; don't hold it againse me).
www.livejournal.com /community/occitan   (2760 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Aranese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aranese (Aranès or Aranais) is a dialect of Gascon (which is part of the Occitan language group of the Romance languages), spoken in Spain, where it is an official language.
Most Aranese are also fluent in Spanish, French.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aranese   (136 words)

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