Landais is a dialect of the Gascon language, spoken in the south-west part of Landes of Gascony, part of Chalosse and around Bayonne. Landais is an endangered dialect as are several other Occitan languages.
Reorganization of vowel phonemes
The main feature of Landais is its propensity to pronounce ⟨e⟩ as /ø/ instead of /e/, and both final ⟨-e⟩ and ⟨-a⟩ as /ə/. Thus there is a migration of phonemes from the general Gascon to new phonemes in Landais. ==Works==
Works
The poet, novelist and essayistBernat Manciet (1923 - 2005) 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 (1857 - 1932) has written a dictionary on the Gascon from Chalosse and other parts of Landes. ==Sources==