Editing Limousin dialect

{{Short description|Occitan dialect of Limousin, France}}
{{expand Occitan|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Limousin
|nativename=''lemosin''
|states=[[France]]
|speakers=10,000
|date=no date
|ref=<ref>{{e15|lms}}</ref>
|familycolor=Indo-European
|fam2=[[Italic languages|Italic]]
|fam3=[[Latino-Faliscan languages|Latino-Faliscan]]
|fam4=[[Latin]]
|fam5=[[Romance languages|Romance]]
|fam6=[[Italo-Western languages|Italo-Western]]
|fam7=[[Western Romance languages|Western Romance]]
|fam8=Gallo-Iberian
|fam9=[[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]]{{Efn|Some Iberian scholars may alternatively classify Occitan as [[Iberian Romance languages|Iberian Romance]].|name="alternative classification"}}
|fam10=[[Occitano-Romance languages|Occitano-Romance]]{{Efn|name="alternative classification"}}
|fam11=[[Occitan language|Occitan]]
|iso3=lms
|iso3comment=(retired); subsumed in {{code|oci}}
|ietf = {{wikidata|property|references|P305}}
|glotto=limo1246
|glottorefname=Limousin Occitan
|lingua=51-AAA-gj
|map=Occitan en France.PNG
|mapcaption=Approximate distribution of Limousin within the [[Occitania|Occitan]] area
}}

'''Limousin''' (French name, {{IPA|fr|limuzɛ̃|pron|Fr-Limousin.ogg}}; {{langx|oc|lemosin}}, {{IPA|oc|lemuˈzi|pron}}) is a dialect of the [[Occitan language]], spoken in the three [[Departments of France|departments]] of [[Limousin (region)|Limousin]], parts of [[Charente]] and the [[Dordogne]] in the southwest of [[France]].

The first Occitan documents are in an early form of this dialect, particularly the ''[[Boecis]]'', written around the year 1000.

Limousin is used primarily by people over age 50 in rural communities. All speakers speak [[French language|French]] as a first or second language. Due to the [[Language policy in France|French single language policy]], it is not recognised by the government and therefore considered [[moribund language|endangered]] by the linguistic community. A [[Language revival|revivalist]] movement around the [[Félibrige]] and the [[Institut d'Estudis Occitans]] is active in Limousin (as well as in other parts of [[Occitania]]).

==Differences from Languedocien==
Most speakers and linguists consider Limousin to be a variety of Occitan. For more detailed information on this question, see the section on [[Occitan language|Occitan dialects]] and [[Occitan language|codification]].

As a comparison of Limousin and Languedocien in written form, the following reproduces the first article of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."

{|align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"
!Limousin
!Languedocien
|-----
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Totas las personas naisson liuras e egalas en dignitat e en drech. Son dotadas de rason e de consciéncia e lor chau agir entre elas emb un esperit de frairesa.
|bgcolor=honeydew|Totes los èssers umans naisson liures e egals en dignitat e en dreches. Son dotats de rason e de consciéncia e se devon comportar los unes amb los autres dins un esperit de fraternitat.
|}

==See also==
* [[Occitan conjugation]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://ieo.lemosin.free.fr/ Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin]

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