Aranese (aranés)

Aranese is a variety of Gascon spoken in the Val d'Aran in the northeast of Spain. About 90% of the inhabitants of the Val d'Aran can understand Aranese, and about 65% can speak it. Aranese has co-official status with Catalan and Spanish, and has been taught in schools since 1984.

Aranese alphabet (Aráni ábécé)

A a	B b	C c	D d	E e	F f	G g	H h	I i
a	be alta	ce	de	e	efa	ge	hach	i
J j	K k	L l	M m	N n	O o	P p	Q q	R r
jota	ca	ela	ema	ena	o	pe	cu	erre
S s	T t	U u	V v	W w	X x	Y y	Z z
esse	te	u	ve baisha	ve doble	ics	i grega	zeta

Aranese pronunciation

Notes

a = [ɑ/ɔ] at the end of words, [a] elsewhere
ï and ü do not form diphthongs
b = [p] at the ends of words
bl = [bbl]
c = [k] before a, o and u; [s] before e and i
d = [ð] between vowels, [t] or [Ø] at the end of a word
g = [g/ɣ] before a, o and u; [ʧ] before e and i; [ʃ] at the end of a word after vowels. E.g. –ger. [ʃ] after consonants, mainly r
gu = [g/ɣ] before e and i; [gu̯/ɣu̯] before a, o and u
gü = [gu̯/ɣu̯] before e and i
j = [ʒ/ʤ] at the beginning of words; [ʧ] at the end of words after vowels; [ʃ] after consonants, mainly r
lh = [l] in final position, before s
m = [n] before n and p
n = [ŋ] at the end of a word; [Ø] before r at the end of a word
nh = [n] at the ends of words
p = [Ø] before m at the end of words
qu = [k] before e and i and in the initial qua [ku̯] before a and o
r = [ɾ] between vowels; [r] at the beginning of words and before consonants; [Ø] at the end of a word
rr = [r]
s = [z] between vowels
sc = [s] before e and i
t = [Ø] at the end of a word before n, l, s and diphthongs
tz = [dz] between vowels; [tz] at the end of a word
x = [s, ks] before consonants; [dz, ts] between vowels
As in Catalan, "·" is used in n·h and s·h to avoid the sounds [ɲ] and [ʃ]
Phonetic assimiliation: administracion [amministra'sjuŋ]; dissabte [di'satte]; barratz-la [ba'ralla]; l'ac darè [ladda'rɛ].

Download an alphabet chart for Aranese (Excel)

Information about the pronunciation of Aranese compiled by Marcelo Manschein

Sample text

Ah! petit prince, atau comprení, pòga pòc, era tua petita vida melancolica. En molt de temps non auies agut per distracion qu'era doçor deth solei quan se cògue... Sabí aguest nau detalh, eth quatau dia ath maitin, quan me diguís: M'agrade veir quan eth solei se cògue.

Translation

Oh, little prince! Bit by bit I came to understand the secrets of your sad little life. For a long time you had found your only entertainment in the quiet pleasure of looking at the sunset. I learned that new detail on the morning of the fourth day, when you said to me: I am very fond of sunsets.

Source: http://www.petit-prince.at/pp-aranes.htm

Videos in Aranese

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Links

Information about the Aranese language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranese_language
http://wwwa.urv.net/cbetweens/Departaments/dfag/gallego.html
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gsc
http://www.uoc.edu/euromosaic/web/document/occita/an/i1/i1.html

Romance languages

Aragonese, Aranese, Aromanian, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Dalmatian, Emilian-Romagnol, Extremaduran, Fala, Franco-Provençal, French, Friulian, Galician, Gallo, Gascon, Genoese, Guernésiais, Istro-Romanian, Istriot, Italian, Jèrriais, Ladino, Ladin, Ligurian, Lombard, Lorrain, Megleno-Romanian, Mirandese, Moldovan, Monégasque, Mozarabic, Neapolitan, Occitan, Occitan (Auvergnat), Occitan (Languedocien), Occitan (Limousin), Occitan (Provençal), Picard, Piedmontese, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Sardinian, Sicilian, Spanish, Valencian, Venetian, Walloon

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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