▁speech ▁in ▁Occ it ania , ▁. ▁However , ▁this ▁could ▁become ▁, ▁especially ▁down ▁south : ▁it ▁later ▁became ▁, ▁which , ▁in ▁turn , ▁would ▁locally ▁dep al atal ize ▁to ▁ ▁in ▁Middle ▁Occ itan . ▁ ▁In ▁words ▁where ▁ ▁was ▁preced ed ▁by ▁a ▁di ph th ong ▁whose ▁second ▁element ▁was ▁, ▁it ▁was ▁sometimes ▁pal atal ized ▁to ▁. ▁ ▁In ▁earlier ▁times , ▁some ▁dialect s ▁used ▁ ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁common ▁: ▁despite ▁their ▁similarity , ▁this ▁often ▁led ▁to ▁contrast ing ▁spell ings ▁( ▁or ▁▁ ▁vs . ▁ ▁; ▁ ▁or ▁▁ ▁vs . ▁ ▁) ▁before ▁it ▁became ▁ ▁commonly ▁across ▁the ▁language ▁( ▁, ▁ ▁). So ci été ▁pour ▁l ' Ét ude ▁des ▁Lang ues ▁Roman es , ▁Rev ue ▁des ▁lang ues ▁roman es , ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁p . ▁ 1 7 : ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁pre - liter ary ▁period ▁of ▁early ▁Old ▁Occ itan ▁ ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁front ed ▁to ▁, ▁although ▁strong ▁doub ts ▁exist ▁as ▁to ▁when ▁the ▁change ▁actually ▁happened . ▁ ▁When ▁between ▁v ow els , ▁ ▁len ited ▁to ▁, ▁though ▁this ▁is ▁still ▁true ▁for ▁only ▁Gas con ▁and ▁L angu edo ci en ▁dialect s ; ▁elsewhere , ▁it ▁eventually ▁turned ▁to ▁ ▁or ▁was ▁deleted . ▁ ▁In ▁Gas con , ▁there ▁was ▁one ▁vo iced ▁lab ial ▁ph on eme ▁that ▁was ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁a ▁word