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Language code: pro

Technical information about ISO 639 language code pro

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The table below provides technical details for the Old Occitan (to 1500), Old Provençal (to 1500) language, designated by the pro code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

pro

Name

Old Occitan (to 1500), Old Provençal (to 1500)

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
GasconLanguedocienProvençalLimousinAuvergnatAlpine (Vivaro-Alpine)
Related languages
Modern OccitanCatalanFranco-ProvençalOld French
Key facts
It was the language of the medieval troubadours whose lyric poetry shaped much of later European courtly literatureThe 13th-century "Donatz proensals" is the earliest known grammar written for a Romance vernacularOld Occitan pioneered the use of the definite articles lo, la, los that later influenced neighbouring Romance tonguesIt retained a two-case (nominative/oblique) system for nouns longer than most other Romance languagesThe digraphs nh and lh for palatal sounds introduced in Old Occitan are still used in Catalan and Portuguese spelling
Sample phrase

Adiu, cossí estatz?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Old Occitan (to 1500), Old Provençal (to 1500) language, identified by the code pro, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Historical' by its type.

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