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	Bambooweb: Limousin
		Limousin is a Region of France, around the city of Limoges.
		The limousine car is named after the region because the inhabitants wore a hood with a profile perceived to be similar to that of the car.
		The Limousin language, which used to be spoken in the region, was possibly a dialect of Occitan.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/l/i/Limousin.html (67 words)

	Encyclopedia: Limousin language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Limousin dialect is a Romance language akin to Provençal spoken or understood by about 400 000 people in the part of southern France known as Limousin.
		The Limousin dialect is a variety of the Occitan language, and as such belongs to the langue d'oc.
		Due to the French single language policy, it is not recognised by the government and might be disappearing.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Limousin-language (174 words)

	PROVENCAL LANGUAGE - LoveToKnow Article on PROVENCAL LANGUAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But while it is capable of being applied and in fact, has been applied, to each of the Romanic languages individually, the term is too general to be retained in a particular case; though it was revived in the beginning of the 19th century by Raynouard, the author of the Lexique roman.
		The name Provenal as applied to language is hardly met with in the middle ages, except in the restricted sense of the language of Provence proper, i.e.
		Such of its characters as are found in all the varieties of the language ate met with also in neighboring idioms; such as are not found elsewhere are not general characters, that is to say, are manifested only in certain varieties of Provencal.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PR/PROVENCAL_LANGUAGE.htm (7847 words)

	Languages of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Several other languages are spoken by a substantial percentage of the population due to immigration.
		Opponents contend that local languages are often non-standardized (thus making curricula difficult), of dubious practical usefulness (since most are spoken by a small number of people, without any sizeable corpus of publications) and that the curriculum and funding of public schools are already too strained.
		One example: while the data tell us that 610,000 adults in 1999 had one of the languages of Oc as their mother tongue, the survey also found out that another 1,060,000 adults were born and raised in families in which one of the languages of Oc was occasionally spoken.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Languages_of_France (1335 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Language (Lim-Lof) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Limos Kalinga is a language spoken in the Philippines.
		Lithuanian is a Baltic language spoken in Lithuania.
		Liv (Livonian) is a Finnic language spoken in Latvia.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /WLF.HTM (322 words)

	Occitan language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Occitan, or langue d'oc is a Romance language characterized by its richness and variability, and by the mutual intelligibility of its dialects.
		The claim that Provençal and Occitan were two languages was probably made by the conservative members to avoid integrating South-West members in the Felibrige as the South-West of France was (and remained for a long time) a region strongly supporting the left-wing of the republicans.
		Though it was still the everyday language of most of the rural population of the South well into the 20th century, it had been replaced in more formal usage by French.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Occitan (2492 words)

	Limousin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Limousin is a former (Click link for more info and facts about province of France) province of France and now a (Click link for more info and facts about region of France) region of France, around the city of (Click link for more info and facts about Limoges) Limoges.
		The (Large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur) limousine car is named after the region because the inhabitants wore a hood with a profile perceived to be similar to that of the car.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Limousin language) Limousin language, which used to be spoken in the region, was possibly a dialect of (The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)) Occitan.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Li/Limousin.htm (139 words)

	Limousin language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Limousin language is a Romance language akin to Provençal spoken by some people in the part of southern France known as Limousin.
		The Limousin languageis a variety of the Occitan language, and as such is a langue d'oc.
		Limousin is a moribund language, and is used primarily by rural people over age 50.
	www.therfcc.org /limousin-language-67878.html (135 words)

	PROVENCAL LANGUAGE - Online Information article about PROVENCAL LANGUAGE
		In order to make a rigorously accurate comparison of the language at the two epochs, it would have to be written in the two cases with the same orthographic system, which it is not.
		The language has developed locally tendencies which certainly already existed during the flourishing period, although the ancient orthography did not recognize them.
		Alfred Dauzat's essays on the language of North Auvergne: Phonetique historique du patois de Vinzelles (Paris, 1897), Morphologic du patois de Vinzelles (Paris, 1900), Geographie phonetique d'une region de la Basse Auvergne (Paris, 1906).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PRE_PYR/PROVENCAL_LANGUAGE.html (8127 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:LMS
		The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
		It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).
		Limousin, Languedocien, and Gascon are structurally separate languages (F.B. Agard).
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=LMS (121 words)

	Articles - Occitan language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the independent state of Monaco the Monegasque language, a Ligurian dialect, is spoken despite strong Provençal immigration.
		Limousin A rural region (about 710 000 inhabitants) where Occitan (Lemosin dialect, Nord-Occitan family) is still spoken by a large part of +65 y.o.
		Though it was still an everyday language of most of the rural population of the South well into the 20th century, it had been replaced in more formal usage by French.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Occitan_language (2531 words)

	Limousin Article, Limousin Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Limousin is a Region of France, around the cityof Limoges.
		The limousine car is named after the region because the inhabitants wore ahood with a profile perceived to be similar to that of the car.
		The Limousin language, which used to be spoken in the region,was possibly a dialect of Occitan.
	www.anoca.org /region/france/limousin.html (125 words)

	Occitan language -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Outside of Europe the language continues to be widely used wherever the French colonial influence was once prevalent—for example, in the province of Quebec and in...
		It was the language of a rich and vibrant culture that was wiped out in a religious crusade in the 13th...
		French poet Frédéric Mistral led the 19th-century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature—the language and literature of the historical French province of Provence.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056684?tocId=9056684 (821 words)

	Politics and the Development of the French Language Standard
		In this initial discussion, it will be used to refer to the language group, with emphasis on the Toulouse region (the area that had the most impact on the development of the language)] was one of the first quasi-standards of communication in France.
		Instead it grew to be a ‘buffer’ language connecting the Germanic in the north to the Romance in the South.
		Since the languages of all these countries are derived from the same Vulgar Latin, it is natural for there to be a great degree of interaction between the two languages at the border.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/6378/france.html (5063 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: French Literature
		The oïl language comprised all the varieties of speech in use to the north of an imaginary line drawn from the estuary of the Girande to the Alps, passing through Limousin, Auvergne, and Dauphiny.
		If the language very quickly undergoes the modification brought about by this new spirit, it is only little by little that the various forms of literature allow themselves to be penetrated by it.
		The language, capable henceforth of giving adequate expression to every shade of thought, has become clearly conscious of its power and is exclusively French in syntax and vocabulary.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06190a.htm (14989 words)

	Occitan Language
		This set the stage for the association of French with privilege and power, as bourgeoisie, nobles and courtiers alike were drawn to French, the language of king and government; French also came to be the language of culture for the Occitan elite, lending words of politesse to the Occitan vocabulary.
		It is characterized by the dropping altogether of the flexions in witten texts, by the beginning of dialectization, the dropping of courteous vocabulary and the use of learned words borrowed from Latin and Greek to express law, medecine, philosophy and theology.
		Occitan was no longer a literary language, but it was used to write the deeds, the accounts, the chronicles and the resolutions of local communities.
	www.orbilat.com /Languages/Occitan/Occitan.html (1505 words)

	Encyclopedia: Limousin
		In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government.
		A limousine (or limo) is a long luxury car, traditionally fl in color.
		France geography stubs France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Limousin (1327 words)

	Limousin - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		the modern French région of Limousin, which is larger than the historical province of Limousin: see Limousin (région).
		Limousin is also a breed of beef cattle bred in the Limousin region and recognisable by their attractive chestnut red colouring.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Limousin (131 words)

	ipedia.com: Limousin language Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Limousin language is a variety of the Occitan language, and as...
		The Limousin language is a variety of the Occitan language, and as such is a langue d'oc.
		As with all langues d'oc, the status of Limousin as a separate language rather than a dialect of Occitan is hotly debated.
	www.ipedia.com /limousin_language.html (192 words)

	Ethnologue: France
		Sign languages were known in France in the 16th century, and probably earlier.
		Many sign languages have been influenced by this, but are not necessarily intelligible with it.
		Limousin, Occitan, and Gascon are structurally separate languages (F.B. Agard).
	198.62.75.1 /www3/ethno/Fran.html (1687 words)

	List of Romance Languages & Dialects with Number of Speakers and Areas of Distribution
		The northern limit is the Pyrenean border, separating Aragon from Occitania; the western limit is the border of Navarra; the eastern limit is north of Montso.
		The Academy of the Asturian Language was formed in 1981, to revive the academy of the 18th century.
		Galician has had many decades of development as a language of serious literature, including poetry, essays on novel, ideological, philosophical, and sociological topics, and for all levels of education, including higher education.
	www.orbilat.com /General_Survey/List_of_Romance_Languages.html (3673 words)

	Meractor Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Occitan is a Romance Language from the same Indo-European branch as Italian, Catalan and Rumanian.
		Because of this, the situation of the language is precarious and the future uncertain.
		There is only one Occitan language television programme currently shown on French television, until very recently on France 3 Sud* there were two programmes - the second one has now been withdrawn.
	www.aber.ac.uk /~merwww/english/lang/occitan.htm (469 words)

	Limousin language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Limousin dialect is a variety of the (The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)) Occitan language, and as such belongs to the (Click link for more info and facts about langue d'oc) langue d'oc.
		All speakers speak (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French as a first or second language.
		Due to the (Click link for more info and facts about French single language policy) French single language policy, it is not recognised by the government and might be disappearing.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/limousin_language.htm (180 words)

	Occitan language - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Occitan, or langue d'oc is a Romance language spoken across the southern third of France (to the south of the Loire), as well as in some of the Alpine valleys in Italy and in the Val d'Aran in Spain.
		Though it was still the everyday language of most of the rural population of the South well into the 20th century, it had been replaced in more formal uses by French.
		Almost all serious linguists and occitan writers disagree strongly with the view that Occitan is a family of languages and think that Limousin, Auvergnat, Alpin, Gascon, Languedocien and Provençal are dialects of a single language.
	openproxy.ath.cx /oc/Occitan_language.html (349 words)

	Province of Limousin, France
		Rich pastures are used for raising Limousin beef cattle, one of the leading breeds of Europe.
		In 918, Limousin became a fief of Aquitaine, and during the Middle Ages it became well known for its troubadour poetry.
		King Henry IV annexed Limousin to the French crown in 1607.
	www.discoverfrance.net /France/Provinces/Limousin.shtml (370 words)

	Occitan language, alphabet and pronunciation
		Occitan is a Romance language spoken mainly in southern France and also in Italy and Spain.
		When France became a unified country in the 15th century, the language of the French court, langue d'oïl, was favoured over Occitan and other regional languages, which went into decline.
		In France Occitan is considered a "regional language" and can be taught in schools only as a foreign language.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/occitan.htm (534 words)

	Multext-Cataloc
		From the grammarian Loís (Louis) Alibèrt, it is the heir of the Middle Ages scripta adapted to the modern language first by the Abbot Ros (Roux, a Limousin), Prosper Estiu and Antonin Perbòsc, and finally by Loís Alibèrt who published a grammar and a dictionary for the Languedocian dialect.
		The issue is here sociolinguistical and also linked to the practical side of the action to maintain a language: what are the ways to maintain a dialectal teaching, which level of dialectality should be taken in account, and so on.
		Such issues have lead people to try and define a standard language, but there are many definitions of such a standard according to different schools.
	www.lpl.univ-aix.fr /projects/multext-cataloc/reports/NORM-oc4.html (2079 words)

	IFP Forums - Language Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From a previous post about learning French, Ingram has suggested getting together language groups in areas where there are English wanting to learn French and French wanting to learn English.
		We are near Boussac on the borders of Creuse, Allier and Indre, I would be interested in a language group.
		Either by doing language swapping, or if there was enough people, getting a teacher in.
	forums.french-property.com /showthread.php?t=302 (286 words)

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