What are some examples of Latin based or Romance languages?

The Romance languages are a group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The major languages of the family include French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.

What are some characteristics of a Romance language?

These Romance languages have some common characteristics:

• A common word origin with vulgar Latin and therefore a vocabulary derived from vulgar Latin,
• A vowel system different from Latin (diphthong, apophony, syncope),
• A consonantal evolution towards a signification palatalization,

Which Romance language has the most conservative vocabulary?

Italian is occasionally mentioned as having a more conservative vocabulary, in part because of active borrowing from Classical Latin, but vocabulary is such a volatile part of language that it is, once again, hard to point fingers. The most innovative Romance languages are, generally]

Which Romance language is the closest to Latin?

Of the major Romance languages, Italian is the closest to Latin, followed by Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese, and the most divergent being French.

What is latinlatin and why is it important?

Latin was one of many Indo-European languages that, over time, gave birth to several new languages known as the Romance languages, such as French, Spanish and Portuguese. (Image: Maxx-Studio/Shutterstock)

What is the most conservative language in the world?

But, as duly noted here in at least one other answer, in an oft-cited study when this question comes up online Sardinian language in particular was listed as being the most overall ‘conservative’ as far as retaining similarities to spoken Latin; it was found to be only 8\% removed from ‘vulgar Latin’.