Sònia Speaking Aranese Occitan | Romance languages | Wikitongues

Sònia speaks Aranese, a variety of the Occitan language from the Aran Valley (Val d'Aran, Vall d'Aran, or Valle de Aran) in Catalonia, Spain. Occitan is one of the Romance languages, most closely related to Catalan.

This video was recorded by Wikitongues co-founder Daniel Bogre Udell in Tredòs, Aran Valley, Catalonia (Spain).

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[pitioti]

I'm so happy Occitan is an official language in Catalunya!!

[JRios]

She speaks so clearly! This is perfect!

[ObvsCam]

I speak Italian, Spanish and some Catalan and I know a few basic Sardinian phrases. I'd say I understood about 80% of what she said.

[alistairmcelwee]

Her diction is so clear. So lovely to hear. Many thanks!

[acanpc]

Thank you! I have never heard spoken Aranese!

[albertconstantine]

A pleasure to hear and, yes, the helpful comments here assist in positioning the sample in terms of "dominant language effects" and the lack of lingual isolation.

[JorgeGarcia-lwvc]

Hablo frances y español y entendí todo. Me suena un poco como un occitan un poco más hispanizado. Qué bonito que conserve su idioma y espíritu de identidad. Muy bueno video, gracias.

[angyliv]

El occitano y las lenguas occitano romances son como lo más similar a lo que se sigue hablando en Italia y el más antiguo es como viaje mar en el tiempo. Puedes comunicarte con muchas otras lenguas y dialectos.

[saoirse]

*algo: quauquarren

*pertenéisher: apartier

*no? : non?, vertat?

*formar part de: hèser partida de

*bueno: bon, ben

*libre: liure

*decissions: decisions

*terrèno: terrèn

*pertanho: apartieni

*transmitit: transmetut

*forma: manièra

*agraïr a: arregraciar

*cuedar: préner cura

*sigue lo especial: continue çò especiau

*molt: fòrça

*me vau despedir: ara que vau dider adiu

[leonardofonseca]

Aranés, valenciano, mallorquí, catalán, que sea, los hablantes se comunican, nos comprendemos perfectamente.

[YaHikdelalluvia]

Escuchar esta lengua y conocer a esta magica persona me hace tan feliz! hasta ahora solo habia sentido esto escuchando el portugues y tambien el italiano. Y como Argentino descendiente de Italianos siento que mi alma pertenece alli. Muchas gracias por compartir! sueño con que un dia estas lenguas magicas llenas de amor y belleza vuelvan a florecer en nuestra humanidad! <3

[farticlesofconflatulation]

As a Spanish speaker I expected some of her words to have another syllable. I had to repeatedly remind myself that it’s a distinct language

[johnclarke]

As a speaker of Castilian I love hearing her and understanding

[mithrasenkidu]

I speak French and Spanish, I studied Latin long ago, I know a bit of Italian and of Languedocien Occitan (the region I'm living in), I have family in Catalonia and I perfectly understood this lady. I needed no subtitles to watch this video.

[jatorresh]

As spanish who speaks some languages this is 90% understandable

[Hun_Uinaq]

Logré entenderle completamente. Hablo español, portugués, francés e italiano. Creo que todas esas lenguas me ayudaron para poder entender lo que ella está diciendo. Claro que yo no lo podría reproducir pero es muy interesante saber de qué yo podría estar perdido en esta región del mundo y lograr comunicarme.

[thebrocialist]

The dialect of Spanish my grandmother spoke was very similar to this tongue.

[ulyssemarquet]

I speak french and spanish and I understood everything

[rudolfschenker]

It's curious that Aranese is a variety of Gascon, because Gascon seems like the Lenga d'Oc that has the most French sound to it, while whatever this lady is speaking is very obviously influenced by Spanish and/or Catalan. Very interesting she used "muchas gracias" while they use "merci" in Catalan. I instinctively figured Aranese and Catalan must be very, very similar but maybe there's more differences than would seem obvious.

[AltoonaYourPiano]

What a fascinating language! It sounds almost like French with a Spanish accent on some words, but sometimes also like Italian with a Portuguese accent. Occitan is so unique and beautiful! Thank you for sharing this. Sonia is such a beautiful woman and I'm thankful she decided to share some of her language heritage with all of us to be preserved for all time!