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Member of the Romance branch of the
Indo-European language family, spoken in and
around Provence in SE France. It is now
regarded as a dialect or patois. During the
Middle Ages it was in competition with French
and was the language of the troubadours. It
had a strong literary influence on such
neighbouring languages as Italian, Spanish,
and Portuguese. Since the 19th century,
attempts have been made to revive it as a
literary language.