Convergéncia Occitana | Occitan Convergence

ORGANISATION

Convergéncia Occitana is a not for profit structure that brings together eighty-cultural associations of Toulouse and Occitan’s country, like IEO (also NPLD member), Calandreta, Collègi d’Occitània, Fondacion Occitana, etc.

Convergéncia Occitana was founded on 20th July 1998 in Toulouse. Established to foster an authentic and modern Occitan cultural and language policy, Convergéncia Occitana is a synergistic structure that seeks to provide resources needed for the member associations, work “pooling” and in network. We work every day to gradually introduce Occitan in the lives of our citizens: we make constructive proposals when necessary -for example, bilingualism introduced by the Council of Toulouse in the city–, we also critically react when necessary. The organisation has a privileged partnership with the Council of Toulouse, the Department of Haute-Garonne, the Government of Midi-Pyrenees Region, the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya), the University of Toulouse (lo Miralh), among others.

Convergéncia Occitana has an elected representative in NPLD’s Steering Committee.

Further Information on Occitan can be found here: Convergéncia Occitana

COUNTRY

France

TYPE OF ORGANISATION

Associate Member

WEBSITE

http://www.ostaldoccitania.net/

INFORMATION ABOUT THE LANGUAGE

Occitan

NAME OF THE LANGUAGE

Occitan language

TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEAKERS

According to survey on 5,000 people: 32%

NUMBER OF NATIVE SPEAKERS

According to survey on 5,000 people: 29%

NORMATIVE ENTITY OF THE LANGUAGE

Gascon, Languedoc and Provençal

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

42% of the French territory

LANGUAGE FAMILY

Romance

STATUS OF THE LANGUAGE

It is part of the heritage, but not official.

STATUS AT THE UNIVERSITY

University courses are possible

FIELDS OF USE

Possible use only in the cultural field

YEAR OF SOURCE

2013