Romance languages
E3592
Romance languages are a group of closely related languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, that evolved from Vulgar Latin spoken in the Roman Empire.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Romance languages | 2 |
| Langues d’oïl | 1 |
| Western Romance languages | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| areBasedOn | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| areDescendedFrom | Italic branch of Indo-European ⓘ |
| areDividedInto |
Eastern Romance languages
ⓘ
Southern Romance languages ⓘ Western Romance languages ⓘ |
| areMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegree |
Czech and Slovak (false example)
ⓘ
Spanish and Italian ⓘ Spanish and Portuguese ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Americas ⓘ Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Vulgar Latin ⓘ |
| developedIn | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Vulgar Latin ⓘ |
| includeLanguage |
Aragonese language
ⓘ
Aromanian ⓘ
surface form:
Aromanian language
Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ
surface form:
Astur-Leonese languages
Catalan language ⓘ Dalmatian language ⓘ French language ⓘ Ladin language ⓘ
surface form:
Friulian language
Galician language ⓘ Italian language ⓘ Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Spanish language
Ladin language ⓘ Megleno-Romanian ⓘ
surface form:
Megleno-Romanian language
Mirandese language ⓘ Moldovan language ⓘ Occitan ⓘ
surface form:
Occitan language
Portuguese language ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ Romansh language ⓘ Sardinian language ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ Walloon language ⓘ |
| shareFeature |
grammatical gender
ⓘ
rich verb conjugation ⓘ similar basic vocabulary of Latin origin ⓘ use of definite articles ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Indo-European languages ⓘ |
Referenced by (70)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Langues d’oïl
this entity surface form:
Eastern Romance languages
this entity surface form:
Western Romance languages