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but the accent is most marked among the elderly, who often speak Occitan as their first language.

Characteristics

The phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of Occitan have all influenced Meridional French, but the phonological effects are perhaps the most salient by producing the characteristic accent, which is used by speakers of Meridional French. Those effects include the following:
* The loss of phonemic nasal vowels,

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