Old Occitan (regional context)

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Romance language historical language medieval literary language

Old Occitan (regional context) is a Romance language historically spoken in southern France and neighboring regions, serving as the literary and administrative tongue of medieval Occitania.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old Occitan	7
Old Occitan (regional context) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8875809 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Occitan (regional context)
Context triple: [Ingelberga of Aquitaine, language, Old Occitan (regional context)]

A. Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
Vivaro-Alpine Occitan is a variety of the Occitan language spoken in southeastern France and parts of Italy, forming a transitional dialect between Provençal and Northern Occitan.
B. Languedocien Occitan
Languedocien Occitan is a major dialect of the Occitan language spoken in southern France, particularly known for its rich medieval literary tradition and role in shaping the region’s cultural identity.
C. Auvergnat Occitan
Auvergnat Occitan is a regional variety of the Occitan language spoken primarily in the Auvergne area of south-central France.
D. Niçard Occitan
Niçard Occitan is a Romance variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in and around the city of Nice in southeastern France.
E. Limousin Occitan
Limousin Occitan is a regional variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in the Limousin area of central France.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Occitan (regional context)
Target entity description: Old Occitan (regional context) is a Romance language historically spoken in southern France and neighboring regions, serving as the literary and administrative tongue of medieval Occitania.

A. Vivaro-Alpine Occitan
Vivaro-Alpine Occitan is a variety of the Occitan language spoken in southeastern France and parts of Italy, forming a transitional dialect between Provençal and Northern Occitan.
B. Languedocien Occitan
Languedocien Occitan is a major dialect of the Occitan language spoken in southern France, particularly known for its rich medieval literary tradition and role in shaping the region’s cultural identity.
C. Auvergnat Occitan
Auvergnat Occitan is a regional variety of the Occitan language spoken primarily in the Auvergne area of south-central France.
D. Niçard Occitan
Niçard Occitan is a Romance variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in and around the city of Nice in southeastern France.
E. Limousin Occitan
Limousin Occitan is a regional variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in the Limousin area of central France.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romance language ⓘ historical language ⓘ medieval literary language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Old Provençal NERFINISHED ⓘ langue d’oc (medieval form) ⓘ
ancestorOf	Auvergnat NERFINISHED ⓘ Gascon NERFINISHED ⓘ Languedocien NERFINISHED ⓘ Limousin NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Occitan NERFINISHED ⓘ Provençal NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivaro-Alpine NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Old Catalan NERFINISHED ⓘ Old French NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRole	language of courtly love poetry in medieval Europe ⓘ vehicle of troubadour culture ⓘ
declineCause	expansion of Old French ⓘ royal centralization in France ⓘ
declinePeriod	14th century ⓘ
derivedFrom	Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
hasFeature	SVO basic word order ⓘ case distinction in early stages ⓘ two-gender system (masculine and feminine) ⓘ use of definite articles derived from Latin ille ⓘ
historicalRegion	Catalonia (in part) NERFINISHED ⓘ Occitania NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Spain ⓘ northwestern Italy ⓘ southern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Galician-Portuguese lyric poetry ⓘ courtly love literary tradition ⓘ early Catalan ⓘ medieval Italian lyric poetry ⓘ
ISO639-3	pro ⓘ
languageFamily	Occitano-Romance ⓘ
standardizedIn	troubadour lyric tradition ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Gallo-Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	administrative language of medieval Occitania ⓘ literary language of medieval Occitania ⓘ
usedBy	medieval Occitan nobility ⓘ troubadours ⓘ urban administrations in Occitania ⓘ
usedIn	courtly lyric poetry ⓘ legal documents ⓘ medieval charters ⓘ municipal statutes ⓘ notarial records ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited