The Provençal, in its two principal divisions, the Gascon and Langue d'Oc, is the current idiom south of the Loire.

Under his reign the Langue d'Oil became for ever the French language, and the Langue d'Oc remained but a patois.

"That's unhappy to hear." He patted her arm; he was speaking in the langue d'oc, which she always used, their common tongue.

55 The Gallo-Roman dialects are divided into two groups, the dialects of the langue d'oc (southern) and those of the langue d'oil (northern).