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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Romance languages.
See also changes related to Romance languages, or pages that link to Romance languages or to this page or whose text contains "Romance languages".

Parent topics

  • Indo-European languages [r]: A group of several hundred languages, including the majority of languages spoken in Europe, the Plateau of Iran and the subcontinent of India, that share a considerable common vocabulary and linguistic features. [e]
  • Latin language [r]: An Indo-European language of the Italic group which was the dominant medium of communication in western Europe for many centuries; the ancestor of today's Romance languages, such as French and Spanish. [e]

Subtopics

See also the full list of Romance languages, arranged by branch

Eastern branch

  • Romanian language [r]: A Romance language spoken in southeastern Europe, mainly in Romania and Moldova. [e]

Italo-Western branch

  • Catalan language [r]: A Romance language spoken in the Catalan Countries (eastern Spain, Andorra, parts of France and Sardinia). [e]
  • French language [r]: A Romance language spoken in northwestern Europe (mainly in France, Belgium, Switzerland), in Canada and in many other countries. [e]
  • Italian language [r]: A Romance language spoken in Italy and Switzerland. [e]
  • Portuguese language [r]: An Iberian Romance language, of the Indo-European family. [e]
  • Romansh language [r]: Romance language spoken in the Graubünden canton of eastern Switzerland; one of the official languages of the country, with about 35,000 speakers. [e]
  • Spanish language [r]: A Romance language widely spoken in Spain, its current and former territories, and the United States of America. [e]

Southern branch

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