Spanish and Italian are both examples of modern-day Romance languages, meaning that they are siblings in the larger Indo-European language family, having both evolved from Latin. Spanish and Italian share significant similarities when comparing vocabulary root-words because of their common Latin roots. Over the 500 years the Roman Empire conquered Europe, North Africa and Asia, …
Spanish and Portuguese are both Romance languages, and have substantial similarities. Both evolved from Vulgar Latin, which was the more casual form of Classical Latin prevalent in the region during the 500 year reign of the Roman Empire. After the Roman empire fell, influences such as the languages previously spoken in what is today Portugal …
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The Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish – to name a few, are often considered to be the languages of love, from the Spanish ‘Latin Lover’ stereotype, to famous French love poems and romantic Italian dinner music. However, it may surprise some to know that these languages are not called ‘Romance’ languages after their perceived cultural …
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