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Larger language family: Aranese Gascon Limousin

Speaker Numbers

International Speaker Numbers according to
EGIDS (Ethnologue) Source UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
1 111 560 Site under maintenance (will be updated) Not listed
National Speaker Numbers
Country Language National Speaker Number Bases for Calculation Year Source
France Gascon 250 000 (international) Speakers 2026 (Website accessed)
France Limousin 400 000 (international) Speakers 2026 (Website accessed)
France Occitan 1 000 000 Users 2019
Italy Occitan 100 000 Users 1990
Spain Aranese Approx. 5 300 (estimated, not a national census) Speakers 2023
Spain Gascon 250 000 (international) Speakers 2026 (Website accessed)


Endangerment

International Endangerment according to
UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
Site under maintenance (will be updated) Not listed
National Endangerment according to EGIDS (Ethnologue)
Country Language Endangerment Level Source
France Gascon At risk
France Limousin At risk
France Occitan 6b (Threatened)
Italy Occitan 6b (Threatened)
Spain Aranese 6b (Threatened)
Spain Gascon At risk
ECRML-Recognised in
Non-ECRML in

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