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elnas-studies:

Occitan, also known as Provençal, is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful languages in the world. The language of the troubadours, and the origin of most literature of the rest of Romace language-speaking nations.

Nowadays, Occitània is politically divided in 3 states: France, Italy and Spain (Catalonia), though most of its land and speakers are in the area in France. The UNESCO Red Book lists some of the dialects of Occitan as “seriously endangered.”

If you speak another Romance language, it will be a lot easier to learn Occitan from that language than from English. Occitan is very close to Catalan, so it will be considerably easier if you speak Catalan (in that case check out the Catalan gov’t’s website regarding Aranese. Full of resources!).

General resources:

• Orbilat -  overview of the language and basic grammar. Page in English.
  
• Occitan at Omniglot - general info about the language, pronunciation of the alphabet and difference among the dialects. In English.
  
• occitanet.free.fr - you can access the website in English, French, or Occitan itself. Includes info on the language and a course from French.
• Bàbel - basic grammar and pronunciation. Page in English.
  
• PDF Els Elements Bàsics de la Llengua Occitana to learn Occitan from Catalan. Includes very good explanations and examples, grammar, vocabulary and everything you need. This is the best resource I’ve found so far.
• Langoland - vocab lists in different dialects of Occitan (Auvergnac, Languedocien, Aranese…) with translation in English and French (click on the topic in the left margin).
  
• Academia Occitana - website in Occitan and French. Includes vocabulary lists, verb conjugator, rules of the language, literature examples…
• Occitània Online - vocabulary lists English-Occitan, Spanish-Occitan, French-Occitan, vocab about informatics E-O, explanations about the language and culture.
  
• PanOccitan - website in Occitan and French. Includes flashcards for vocabulary on many different topics, a verb conjugator, and a course from French.
  
• Viure a Catalunya versió en aranès - flashcards with drawings and the word in Aranese Occitan. They give you many topics to choose from and the pictures with and without the names. Useful for practise.
• Provençal Phrasebook - useful sentences and vocabulary. English-Langedocian Occitan.
• Verbix - verb conjugator
  
• Diccionri infantil - flashcards with the word in Aranese Occitan and the translation to Catalan.
• Forvo - words pronounced by native Occitan speakers (Provençal dialect)
  

Dictionaries and translators:

• Glosbe - dictionary English-Occitan and viceversa
• Freelang - same as above
• Freelang Fr - dictionary Occitan-French and viceversa
  
• itranslate4.eu - automatic translator with 39 languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Russian, Hungarian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, etc
• Softcatalà - automatic translator to/from English, Catalan, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Aragonese. (The translations to English sometimes have the sentence structure messed up, but it works well with the other languages)
  
• Traductor Gencat - automatic translator to/from Catalan and Spanish (based on the Aranese dialect of Occitan)
  
• PanOccitan - dictionary French-Occitan and Occitan-French

Immersion:

• Occitan Wikipèdia
  
• Aran TV - television from Val d’Aran. All in Aranese (Gascon) Occitan
• TV3 en aranès - Programmes in Aranese Occitan from the Catalan TV
  
• Info occità aranès - a TV programme from Barcelona Televisió all in Aranese Occitan
• Info occità llenguadocià - same programme but in Languedoccian dialect (with subs in Catalan)
  
• Lo Jornalet - digital newspaper
• Ràdio Lenga d’Òc - radio station fully in Occitan
  
• Lingüistica Occitana - academic online magazine about the Occitan language, written fully in Occitan
• Meddia Aranès - radio show in Aranese Occitan
• La Setmana - weekly online newspaper
  
• Fabrica - website in Occitan, French, and Catalan. Here you can find a lot of Occitan music, though part of the info is only accessible in French.
• Òc Revista - magazine (also have the page in English, French, and Catalan)
  

Also, since Occitan was the main language of culture in the Middle Ages, it’s possible that your uni or city’s library has some books on it.
And if you live in Catalonia check out Cercle d’Agermanament Occitano-Català if you’re interested in presential courses.

I also recommend checking out this page where you can find a lor of info about Occitan’s history, comparison to other languages/cultures, the oppression it went through, popular sayings, and many more.

(via ekil-language)