Iberian Romance languages
Romance languages developed on the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Romance, or Ibero-Romance, languages are a branch of Romance languages. They were first spoken in Iberia. There are two branches of Iberian Romance languages, Occitano-Romance and West Iberian. The main two languages in the branch are Spanish (Castilian) and Portuguese. They came from a dialect of Vulgar Latin spoken in Iberia after the Roman Empire ended. Spanish and Portuguese spread to Latin America during the colonial era.[2][3][4]
| Iberian Romance | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: | Originally Iberian Peninsula and southern France; now worldwide |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European |
| Subdivisions: |
Occitano-Romance (East Iberian)[1]
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 Languages spoken in Iberia over time | |
References
change- ↑ "Ibero-Romance". Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ↑ Pharies, David A. (2007). A Brief History of the Spanish Language. University of Chicago Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-226-66683-9.
- ↑ Dalby, David (2000). "5=Indo-European phylosector". The Linguasphere register of the world's languages and speech communities. Vol. 2. Oxford: Observatoire Linguistique, Linguasphere Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ↑ "Ethnologue: Statistical Summaries". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2020-06-08.