Occitan language

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The Occitan language (Occitan: Lenga d'òc, French: Langue d'oc) is a Romance language spoken in parts of southern France, Spain, and Italy.

It took a different path from Latin than any of the official languages in those countries. It was once called langue d'oc (language of "Oc") because the word for yes was oc, as opposed to oil (oi) or sic (si). Latin had no word for yes, and this is one way to distinguish between Romance languages.