Landese (Maritime Gascon, or parlar negre, which means "black speech" in English) is a dialect of the Gascon language, spoken in the south-west part of Landes of Gascony, part of Chalosse and around Bayonne (Aquitaine, metropolitan France). Landese is an endangered dialect as are several other Occitan languages.
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Landese dialect | |
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Maritime Gascon | |
parlar negue | |
Pronunciation | [parˈla ˈnøɣə] |
Region | West of Landes, part of Chalosse, Bayonne |
Ethnicity | Gascons |
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Writing system | Occitan alphabet |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
The main feature of Landese is its propensity to pronounce certain vowels with more roundedness (and if necessary, in a more closed or more centralized manner). Thus there is a migration of phonemes from the general Gascon to new phonemes in Landese.
The poet, novelist and essayist Bernat Manciet (1923 - 2005) remained faithful to the local Gascon speaking of his native Landes region where he lived a large part of his life.
The erudite Vincent Foix (1857 - 1932) has written a dictionary[1] on the Gascon from Chalosse and other parts of Landes.
Part of content in this edit is based on a partial translation from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr:Parlar negre (see its history for attribution) which cites the following sources:
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