Home›Romance Languages›All Romance LanguagesBrowse ByAll Romance LanguagesReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe Romance branch of Indo-European, descended from spoken Latin. Belongs here: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, and Latin itself as the family's ancestral language. Does not belong here: a Germanic or Slavic language, even one written in the Latin alphabet, and does not belong here a Celtic language once spoken in Roman territory.FactsAll Romance LanguagesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested900 1All Romance LanguagesFilter Results7 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllIndo-European (7)RegionAllAndorra, France, Italy, Spain (1)Latium (the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy) (1)Southeastern Europe (1)StatusAllLiturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (6)Speaker Count BandAll0.000000 (1)4100000.000000 (1)22000000.000000 (1)65000000.000000 (1)267000000.000000 (1)312000000.000000 (1)560000000.000000 (1)Script UsedAllLatin Script (7)Old Italic Script (1)Period Start YearAll-75 (1)800 (1)801 (1)842 (1)901 (1)1001 (1)1521 (1)Descends FromAllAcadian French (1)Andalusian Spanish (1)Angolan Portuguese (1)Belgian French (1)Brazilian Portuguese (1)Cajun French (1)Canarian Spanish (1)Caribbean Spanish (1)Chilean Spanish (1)Colombian Spanish (1)European Portuguese (1)Mexican Spanish (1)Neapolitan (1)Peruvian Spanish (1)Quebec French (1)Rioplatense Spanish (1)Sicilian (1)Swiss French (1)Venetian (1)Venezuelan Spanish (1)Language KindAllExtinct (1)Safe (5)Vulnerable (1)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)Official Language (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7CatalanRomance LanguagesFrenchRomance LanguagesItalianRomance LanguagesLatinRomance LanguagesPortugueseRomance LanguagesRomanianRomance LanguagesSpanishRomance LanguagesSources1. Wikipedia: Romance Languagestier 2Wikimedia FoundationLead section, total speakers sentenceQuote, Lead section, total speakers sentenceThere are more than 900 million native speakers of Romance languages found worldwide, mainly in the Americas, Europe, and parts of Africa.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.