2007-03-10 18:32:58 · 12 answers · asked by rezany 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
That's because they're born from Latin and share many words and have the same rules of Grammar!
However, Spanish is closer to Latin than French is.
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2007-03-10 20:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by In Memory of Simon Templar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you are so sure they're very similar ?? Besides of my mother tongue ( Italian ) I'm also speaking French and Spanish but it has NEVER happened I've mixed up Italian with French while I must be really careful to get this doesn't happen when I speak Spanish.
All the 3 languages have Latin roots (as well as Portuguese and Romanian) and they've differently evolved from the original language. If we give credit to a study published in Italy these are the percentages of evolution from Latin of the romance languages:
Italian 12%
Spanish 20%
Romanian 23,5%
Portuguese: 31%
French 44%
As a consequence French has evolved from Latin more than 3 times of Italian and more than the double of Spanish and therefore it cannot be considered very similar.
2007-03-11 05:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by martox45 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Both languages have Latin Roots.
Same Italian, Portuguese and Romanian.
2007-03-11 03:35:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, are all Latin tongues.
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2007-03-11 03:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
France and Spain are neighbouring countries in Europe, so it's natural that their languages would overlap, plus both languages have latin origins.
2007-03-11 03:35:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so, though both of them are Roman languages and have many common traces. We could tackle this issue only regarding their comparison..
Have a nice day!
2007-03-11 05:14:25 · answer #6 · answered by sunflower 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They share Latin as a root language.
2007-03-11 03:35:33 · answer #7 · answered by pepper 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ermmm, because they have influenced each other throughout history and both derive from latin
2007-03-11 03:36:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both derive from Latin but they do NOT sound anything alike to me!
2007-03-11 03:40:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because there is a glitch in the matrix!, and because is the government,too!
2007-03-11 03:42:37 · answer #10 · answered by solisrangelz1 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋