Lemosí language

Also known as: Limousin language

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The Lemosí language, also known as Limosi, is a historical Romance language spoken in the Iberian Peninsula. It is closely related to the langue d'oc and was the written literary language in the Catalan region before it was recognized as distinct from Provençal. The name "Lemosí" likely originates from the Lemovices, a Gallic people from the Limousin region of France. The language has plural forms of Lemosi or Limosi.1

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…the area itself, the names Lemosí (Limousin) and Proensal (Provençal) were formerly used, but those names were too localized to designate the whole range of dialects. The name Provençal originally referred to the Occitan dialects of the Provence region and is used also to refer to the standardized medieval literary…
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…the area itself, the names Lemosí (Limousin) and Proensal (Provençal) were formerly used, but those names were too localized to designate the whole range of dialects. The name Provençal originally referred to the Occitan dialects of the Provence region and is used also to refer to the standardized medieval literary…
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