Gascon
[aka Gascon Occitan, Aranés, Aranese]Classification: Indo-European
·at risk
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At risk
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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250,000
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"Rough estimate based on various sources; 3,814 in Spain according to 1991 linguistic census"
- PLACES
- France; Spain
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Spoken in the departments of Landes, Gers, and Hautes-Pyrénées, the eastern parts of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the western parts of Haute-Garonne and Ariège, and the southern and western parts of Gironde, France; the Aran Valley, northwestern Catalonia, Spain