Landese dialect


Landese is a dialect of Gascon language, spoken in south-west part of Landes of Gascony, part of Chalosse and around Bayonne. Landese is an endangered dialect as several other Occitan languages.

Reorganization of vowel phonemes

The main feature of Landese is its propensity to pronounce certain vowels with more roundedness. Thus there is a migration of phonemes from the general Gascon to new phonemes in Landese.

Works

The poet, novelist and essayist Bernat Manciet remained faithful to the local Gascon speaking of his native Landes region where he lived a large part of his life.
The erudite Vincent Foix has written a dictionary on the Gascon from Chalosse and other parts of Landes.