Italo-Western is, in some classifications, the largest branch of the Romance languages. It comprises two of the branches of the Romance languages, Italo-Dalmatian and Western Romance, and excludes both the Sardinian language and Eastern Romance.
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RegionItalian Peninsula, Switzerland, France, Istria, Channel Islands, Iberia 2 Proto-Language Statusdescends from Proto-Romance by way of Vulgar Latin 2 Browse and compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Italo-Western Romance - Glottolog
GlottologRecord JSON: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 71
Record JSON: category
"category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Italo-Western Romance languages - Wikipedia
Infobox, Geographic distribution field
Geographic distribution: Italian Peninsula, Switzerland, France, Istria, Channel Islands, Iberia
Infobox, Early forms field
Early forms: Old Latin, Vulgar Latin, Proto-Romance
View the SourceWikidata: Italo-Western
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