The Anomaly Of The Occitan Community In Calabria

Nov 24, 2020 249

BY: FRANCES FAHY

After the fall of The Roman Empire, the Romanesque or Romance language that had developed from Vulgar Latin in the western regions of the Empire evolved into three languages. The differences between them can best be comprehended by referencing the classification of Dante, in De vulgari eloquentia.

He divides the Romance languages into three groups that are distinguished by the difference in expressing ‘Yes’: Oc, Oïl, and Si. They are therefore described as the Langue d’Oc, referring to the Provençal, the Langue d’Oïl referring to Northern French and the Lingua di Si, referring to Italian and its many dialects.

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SOURCE: https://italicsmag.com/

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