Béarnais (Gascon)

Bibliographic Data

ID2110967
AuthorsDamien Mooney (0009-0000-3542-360X, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume44
Issue3
Pages343-350
Publication date2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the International Phonetic Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-1003 • E-ISSN: 1475-3502
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002510031400005x
OpenAlexW2283620962
LanguageFR
Citations received8
References cited2

The region of Béarn denotes the historically Romance-speaking part of the modern-day Pyrénées-Atlantiquesdépartementin south-western France. Thelangue d'ocor southern Gallo-Romance variety historically spoken in Béarn, commonly referred to as 'Béarnais', is a dialect of Gascon. This variety may also be referred to by its autoglossonym 'Biarnés' though the French term is the most widely used designation for the regional language. The number of Gascon speakers in south-western France increases steadily from north (Bordeaux) to south (the Pyrenees) and because Béarn is the area of linguistic Gascony with the highest recorded number of Gascon speakers (Moreux 2004), Béarnais may be considered the principal surviving dialect of Gascon, though other surviving dialects, such as 'Gascon de Chalosse', and 'Landais', are still spoken and written

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