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Parent topics
- Indo-European languages [r]: A group of several hundred languages, including the majority of languages spoken in Europe 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 40,000 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
- Corsican language [r]: A Romance language spoken in Corsica and far northern Sardinia. [e]
- Sardinian language [r]: A Romance language spoken in the greatest part of Sardinia. [e]
