the Romance languages derived from Latin are:
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Romanian, and Italian
2006-07-14 02:36:52 · 11 answers · asked by karkondrite 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
spanish and italian
2006-07-14 02:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Portuguese retains many more archaic grammatical features from Latin than Spanish does, so I would say Portuguese is closer to Latin than Spanish. French has moved much further away from Latin than any other Romance language, and although the Italians stayed in the area where Latin originally was spoken, modern Italian is not as close to Latin anymore than Spanish. Romanian has been so much influenced by other Balkan languages both in vocabulary and grammar that it is very far removed from Latin today.
2006-07-14 02:44:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spanish and Italian
2006-07-14 02:40:53 · answer #3 · answered by badbasco423 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The closest is actually raetoroman,spoken in small,isolated areas of Switzerland.After that comes Italian and French.
2006-07-14 03:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by Gerda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got to say Italian, with Spanish coming in a close second.
2006-07-14 02:41:08 · answer #5 · answered by exretainedff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
languages are not at all static. there is often version -- via geography, social prestige, occupation, history etc the place human beings initiate conversing particularly in any different case, and then do no longer proceed to chat, the two speech communities diverge. I study the Scandinavian languages, and understand that rather than different adjustments, the dialects coloration off into different ones. it is, in case you initiate strolling on Norway's west coast, walk in the direction of Stockholm, you not at all at any particular place make a swap between Norwegian and Swedish. Then walk south to Denmark, some gradation. of direction the school systems play a brilliant place in putting standards. i'm speaking concerning to the uneducated inhabitants conversing their community dialects.
2016-10-07 22:05:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish.
2006-07-14 02:39:36 · answer #7 · answered by anthonydavidpirtle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the closest is Latin and the second is Romania . In terms of closest in pronunciation and words order. not Spanish
2006-07-14 03:01:29 · answer #8 · answered by kida_w 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have actually heard it is Portuegese, not Spanish. Apparently, there are alot more similarities to Latin in the Portuegese language setup, sentence construction etc.
2006-07-14 02:42:09 · answer #9 · answered by daiunus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Italian.
2006-07-14 03:10:17 · answer #10 · answered by J9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian in IMHO.
Isn't Catalan a romance laguage too?
2006-07-14 05:54:48 · answer #11 · answered by Sunshine1601 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋