Western Romance languages

E810075
branch of Romance languages language group

Western Romance languages are a major branch of the Romance language family that developed in Western Europe, including languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, and their regional varieties.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Western Romance languages canonical 6
Western Romance subgroup 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Romance languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
developedFrom Vulgar Latin of the Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedIn Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Eastern Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of Africa ⓘ
hasMajorSubgroup Gallo-Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iberian Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Occitano-Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalAncestor Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesLanguage Aragonese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asturian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brazilian Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burgundian (Oïl language) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Castilian Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Catalan NERFINISHED ⓘ
European Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franco-Provençal NERFINISHED ⓘ
French ⓘ
Friulian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Galician NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ladin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lorrain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Occitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Picard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romansh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
Standard French ⓘ
Walloon NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticClassification Western branch of the Romance continuum ⓘ
partOf Italic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
lexical similarity due to common Latin origin ⓘ
similar verb conjugation patterns ⓘ
two-gender system (masculine and feminine) in most members ⓘ
use of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leonese → languageFamily → Western Romance languages ⓘ
Portuguese → languageBranch → Western Romance languages ⓘ
Milanese → languageFamily → Western Romance languages ⓘ
Brescian → belongsTo → Western Romance languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Romance subgroup
Cremonese (Lombard variety) → languageFamily → Western Romance languages ⓘ
Lodigiano → languageFamily → Western Romance languages ⓘ
Valchiavennasco → languageFamily → Western Romance languages ⓘ