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Seperated later than French & Spanish, so very similar. 7 different vowels [she demonstrated and gave word use examples]
araba = strawberry
prenda = darling
eneh-yay- = crack
ela
tu, cellume la lune = you, turn on the lights.

In Occitan, this is spoken in 4 diff countries, only place Occitan is official is Catalonia. In France, not recognized as official, even though it holds the largest territory In Italy protected status but the process to get it official is hard.
In her valley, Occ is lang children 3-5 learn to  read and write From 6 years, 40% of classes taught in Occitan. In France, there is an immersion school option called CALADRETA. Also bilingual school, 50% French/Occitan, including summer school & outside courses
In Provence, revitalization efforts seem to be happening. Is this [[?]] They are not really efforts because France is interested to keep it as a folklore, not as a living language.
She decided to become a musician @ 19 but always  her passion. Also studied law and snowboarding teacher. Devoted to music full-time 3 years. Usually plays in Occitania @ Catalonia. Pais Valencia & Iilas __, Basque country (Euskaia) Aragon, Madrid, US.
CDs available at alidesens.com. Music YouTube, FB, Instagram, Spotify, etc. Batlaia de mutet (sp?) in 1213 = death of Occitan language Also the pope tried to exterminate the Occitan language in France, there had been different countries where Occitan spoken. There is a troubadours song about this extermination in Toulouse. The Occitan language was considered the language of culture in the middle ages

SONG (w/audience participation) = 
Performance
"How good is life how good"