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The Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages
Romance languages

The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages comprising all the languages that descend from Latin language, the language of ancient Rome....
 includes French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, Occitan
Occitan language

Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
, Arpitan, and several other languages spoken in modern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and northern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. The Gallo-Romance languages, along with the Ibero-Romance and Rhaeto-Romance
Rhaeto-Romance languages

Rhaeto-Romance languages are a Romance language sub-family which includes multiple languages spoken in North-Eastern Italy, Western Austria and Switzerland....
 groups, form Western Romance.







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The Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages
Romance languages

The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages comprising all the languages that descend from Latin language, the language of ancient Rome....
 includes French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, Occitan
Occitan language

Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
, Arpitan, and several other languages spoken in modern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and northern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. The Gallo-Romance languages, along with the Ibero-Romance and Rhaeto-Romance
Rhaeto-Romance languages

Rhaeto-Romance languages are a Romance language sub-family which includes multiple languages spoken in North-Eastern Italy, Western Austria and Switzerland....
 groups, form Western Romance.

Examples of Gallo-Romance languages

  • Arpitan
  • French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
  • Occitan
    Occitan language

    Occitan , known also as Lenga d'?c or Langue d'oc is a Romance languages spoken in Occitania, that is, Southern France, the Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and in the Aran Valley of Spain....
  • Gallo-Italian
    • Emilian-Romagnol
    • Eastern Lombard
    • Western Lombard
      Western Lombard

      Western Lombard is a Romance language spoken in Italy, in the Lombardy provinces Province of Milan, Province of Monza and Brianza, Province of Varese, Province of Como, Province of Lecco, Province of Sondrio, a little part Province of Cremona , Province of Lodi and Province of Pavia, and the Piedmont provinces Province of Novara, Province of...
    • Ligurian
      Ligurian language (Romance)

      Ligurian is a Gallo-Romance language, currently spoken in Liguria, northern Italy, and parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone of France, and Monaco....
    • Piedmontese
      Piedmontese language

      Piedmontese is a Romance language spoken by over 2 million people in Piedmont , northwest Italy. It is geographically and linguistically included in the Northern Italian group ....
    • Venetian
      Venetian language

      Venetian or Venetan is a Romance languages spoken by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. The language is called v?neto in Venetian, veneto in Italian; the variant spoken in Venice is called venexi?n/venesi?n or veneziano, respectively....


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