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The following list comprises 47 Romance varieties which are generally considered to form separate languages, though scholars may disagree in some cases. The list is based on the one available at the [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90058 Ethnologue], though some have been changed to reflect more common names. Some varieties which might constitute separate languages on linguistic grounds (such as Sassarese Sardinian), or which might be politically regarded as highly distinct (e.g. Québécois), are subsumed under the main language name where their status is unclear.
This list of Romance languages is based on books written by recognized scholars (for example Pierre Bec<ref>BEC Pierre (1970-71) (collab. Octave NANDRIS, Žarko MULJAČIĆ), ''Manuel pratique de philologie romane'', Paris: Picard, 2 vol.</ref>, Jacques Allières<ref>ALLIÈRES Jacques (2001) ''Manuel de linguistique romane'', coll. Bibliothèque de grammaire et de linguistique, Paris: Honoré Champion</ref>, Rebecca Posner<ref>POSNER Rebecca (1996) ''The Romance languages'', coll. Cambridge language surveys, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press</ref>, Holtus & Meteltin & Schmitt <ref>HOLTUS Günter, & METZELTIN Michael, & SCHMITT Christian (1991) (dir.) ''Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik [LRL]'', Tübingen: Niemeyer, 8 vol.</ref> and so on).
 
* ''Balkano-Romance group''
This list arranges languages purely through their 'genetic' (i.e. historical) relatedness, not their political importance, number of speakers or grammatical similarities (though languages that are close together in this list this will typically also be structurally similar). French, for instance, is buried deeply within the Italo-Western group, and is just one of no less than six varieties in the 'Oïl' group. For a list of the better-known Romance languages, see [[Romance language/Related Articles|Related Articles]].
** [[Romanian language]]
 
** [[Dalmatian language]] (extinct)
==Eastern==
* ''Italo-Romance group''
{{r|Romanian language}}
** [[Sardinian language]] (classification in the Italo-Romance group is debated)
{{r|Istro-Romanian language}}
** [[Italian language]]  
{{r|Macedo-Romanian language}}
** [[Corsican language]] (an Ausbau language, its inclusion in Italian is debated)
{{r|Megleno-Romanian language}}
** [[Northern Italian language]] (its inclusion in Italian is debated, some scholars think that Northern Italian is more related to Rhaeto-Romance and Gallo-Romance groups)
==Italo-Western==
* ''Rhaeto-Romance group'' (between Gallo-Romance and Italo-Romance)
===Italo-Dalmatian===
** [[Friulian language]]
{{r|Dalmatian language}}
** [[Ladin language]]
{{r|Istriot language}}
** [[Romansh language]]
{{r|Italian language}}
* ''Gallo-Romance group''
{{r|Judeo-Italian language}}
** [[French language]]
{{r|Neapolitan language}}
** [[Francoprovençal language]]
**Calabrese<ref>Forms part of the Napoletano-Calabrese variety, but is reportedly different from Neapolitan. See the ''Ethnologue'': '[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=nap Napoletano-Calabrese]'.</ref>
* ''Occitano-Romance group'' (between Gallo-Romance and Ibero-Romance)
{{r|Sicilian language}}
** [[Occitan language]]
===Western===
** [[Catalan language]]
====Gallo-Iberian====
* ''Ibero-Romance group''
=====Gallo-Romance=====
** [[Spanish language]]
======Gallo-Italian======
** [[Aragonese language]] (its inclusion in Spanish is debated)
{{r|Emiliano-Romagnolo language}}
** [[Asturian-Leonese]] (its inclusion in Spanish is debated)
{{r|Ligurian language}}
** [[Galician-Portuguese language]] (the split between [[Galician language]] and [[Portuguese language]] is debated)
{{r|Lombard language}}
** [[Mozarabic language]] (extinct)
{{r|Piemontese language}}
{{r|Venetian language}}
======Gallo-Rhaetian======
'''Oïl'''
 
''French''
{{r|French language}}
**''[[French in Canada|Canadian French]] varieties include Acadian and Québécois''
{{r|Cajun French}}
{{r|Picard language}}
{{r|Walloon language}}
{{r|Zarphatic language}}
''Southeastern''
{{r|Franco-Provençal language}}
'''Rhaetian'''
{{r|Friulian language}}
{{r|Ladin language}}
{{r|Romansh language}}
=====Ibero-Romance=====
======East Iberian======
{{r|Catalan language}}
======Oc======
{{r|Occitan language}}
======West Iberian======
'''Asturo-Leonese'''
 
{{r|Asturian language}}
{{r|Miranda do Douro language}}
 
'''Castilian'''
 
{{r|Extremaduran language}}
{{r|Ladino language}}
{{r|Spanish language}}
{{r|Loreto-Ucayali Spanish}}
 
'''Portuguese-Galician'''
 
{{r|Fala language}}
{{r|Galician language}}
{{r|Portuguese language}}
 
====Pyrenean-Mozarabic====
=====Mozarabic=====
{{r|Mozarabic language}}
=====Pyrenean=====
{{r|Aragonese language}}
==Southern==
===Corsican===
{{r|Corsican language}}
===Sardinian===
{{r|Sardinian language}}
**Sassarese Sardinian
**Gallurese Sardinian
**Logudorese Sardinian
**Campidanese Sardinian
 
==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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Revision as of 06:32, 16 August 2008


Template:TOC-right This list of Romance languages is based on books written by recognized scholars (for example Pierre Bec[1], Jacques Allières[2], Rebecca Posner[3], Holtus & Meteltin & Schmitt [4] and so on).

Footnotes

  1. BEC Pierre (1970-71) (collab. Octave NANDRIS, Žarko MULJAČIĆ), Manuel pratique de philologie romane, Paris: Picard, 2 vol.
  2. ALLIÈRES Jacques (2001) Manuel de linguistique romane, coll. Bibliothèque de grammaire et de linguistique, Paris: Honoré Champion
  3. POSNER Rebecca (1996) The Romance languages, coll. Cambridge language surveys, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  4. HOLTUS Günter, & METZELTIN Michael, & SCHMITT Christian (1991) (dir.) Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik [LRL], Tübingen: Niemeyer, 8 vol.