What is a romantic language?
What is a romantic language? I know languages that are romantic say Italian, French... but what does romantic languages mean?
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From Latin - the language of the Romans; hence Romantic (Romanic) language
Can anyone list all of them?
According to my dictionary they are Romanian, Italian, Rhaeto-Romantic, French, Provencal, Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese (although, I have seen others list Galician as a Romance language as well).
I even thought that there was one called Romansche
**Romansch (or Romansh) is one of the primary Rhaeto-Romanic dialects. Others include: Ladin, and Friulian.
In English they are usually referred to as "Romance languages" (not "romantic" [perhaps to avoid confusion with the usual meaning of "romantic"]).
The Romance Languages were derived from a Latin used in Romantic writing hence the name.
I thought they were called Romance Languages... I even thought that there was one called Romansche (probably misspelled). Can anyone list all of them?
