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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 Limousin 400 000 (international) Speakers 2026 (Website accessed)
France Occitan 1 000 000 Users 2019
France Gascon 250 000 (international) Speakers 2026 (Website accessed)
Italy Occitan 100 000 Users 1990
Spain Gascon 250 000 (international) Speakers 2026 (Website accessed)
Spain Aranese Approx. 5 300 (estimated, not a national census) Speakers 2023


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 Limousin At risk
France Occitan 6b (Threatened)
France Gascon At risk
Italy Occitan 6b (Threatened)
Spain Gascon At risk
Spain Aranese 6b (Threatened)
ECRML-Recognised in
Non-ECRML in

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