Old Occitan
| Old Occitan | |
|---|---|
| Old Provençal | |
| romans, proensals | |
| Region | Languedoc, Provence, Dauphiné, Auvergne, Limousin, Aquitaine, Gascony |
| Era | Evolved into Modern Occitan by the 14th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | pro |
| ISO 639-3 | pro |
| Glottolog | oldp1253 |
The extent of Old Occitan according to the 12th-century Codex Calixtinus | |
Old Occitan (Modern Occitan: occitan ancian, Catalan: occità antic), also called Old Provençal, was the earliest form of the Occitano-Romance languages, as attested in writings dating from the 8th to the 14th centuries. Old Occitan generally includes Early and Old Occitan. Middle Occitan is sometimes included in Old Occitan, sometimes in Modern Occitan. As the term occitanus appeared around the year 1300, Old Occitan is referred to as "Romance" (Occitan: romans) or "Provençal" (Occitan: proensals) in medieval texts.