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Romance | |
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Neo-Latin | |
Geographic distribution | Originated in Old Latium, Southern, Western and Eastern Europe; now also spoken in a majority of the countries of the Americas, in parts of Africa and in parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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Early forms | |
Proto-language | Proto-Romance |
Subdivisions | |
ISO 639-2 / 5 | roa |
Linguasphere | 51- (phylozone) |
Glottolog | roma1334 |
Romance languages in Europe | |
Romance languages across the World Majority native language
Co-official and majority native language
Official but minority native language
Cultural or secondary language |
The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages,[clarification needed] are numerous modern languages that evolved from Late Latin and its spoken form, often called Vulgar Latin.[1] They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages branch of the Indo-European language family.
The five most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are Spanish (489 million), Portuguese (283 million), French (80 million), Italian (67 million) and Romanian (24 million), which are all national languages of their respective countries of origin.
There are more than 900 million native speakers of Romance languages found worldwide, mainly in the Americas, Europe, and parts of Africa. The major Romance languages also have many non-native speakers and are in widespread use as linguae francae.[2]