romance-speaking Mediterranean ethnic group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Occitans (Occitan: occitans) are a Romance-speaking Mediterranean ethnic group. They come from the historical region of Occitania (southern France, northeastern Spain and northwestern Italy).[1][2][3][4][5]
Total population | |
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c. 17 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Languages | |
Occitan (native); French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan (as a result of language shift) | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Catalans, French, Ligurians |
Just to clarify: virtually everyone in France speaks French. Some speak another language also. Occitans is one of the traditional other languages.
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