The Counts of Toulouse and the Cross of Toulouse: Occitan: the
Language Today: Alphabet
The Occitan alphabet is: A, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j,
l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, x, z. Note the absence
of 3 letters: k (replaced by c or qu), w (replaced by v
or o), and y (replaced by i).
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Vowel
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Pronounciation
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A (beginning or
in a word); À
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French,
Spanish papa
~Southern
English butter
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A (end of a word);
Á; Ò
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Eng John
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E, É
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Fr marché, Spa de
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È
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Eng
get
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O, Ó
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Eng
fool
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I, Í
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Eng
kill
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U, Ú
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Fr
Lune, Ger für
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Letter
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Pronounciation
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B,V (beg. of a word)
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Eng beer
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B,
V (in a word)
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Spa hubo, uva
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C(in
front of a,o,u); QU
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Eng kill
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C(in
front of e,i); Ç; S;
SC; SS
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Eng
salt
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D
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Eng
daddy
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F
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Eng film
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G(in
front a,o,u); GU(in front
e,i)
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Eng
get
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G(in
front of e,i), J
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Eng John
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G(end
of a word); TG; TJ;
CH
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Eng church
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L
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Eng link
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M
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Eng mother
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N;
M (end of a word); MP
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Eng nose
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P
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Eng put
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R(beginning
of a word); RR
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Spa ratón, tierra, It terra
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R(in
a word)
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Spa pero,
It però
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R
(end of a word)
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Isn't pronounced
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T
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Eng tell
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X
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Eng exam
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Z
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Eng zoo
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LH
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Eng Million
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NH
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Spa niño, Eng Kenya
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TZ
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Ger zuviel,
Hebrew kibbuts
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GN
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It anno
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The tonic stress in Occitan falls as follows: ·
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Words which end by a vowel, an s or
an n(only in conjugation): stress on the last but one
syllable ·
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Words which end by a consonant (but
s) or a diphthong: stress on the last syllable · except
where there is a written accent on the stressed syllable.
Examples: La mecanica; destriar; cuélher;
cantan; penós; gaton.
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