List of Romance languages

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The Romance languages include 47 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken in Europe and western Asia; this language group is a part of the Italic language family. Top level groups are listed roughly West to East.

• Western Romance
  • Iberian Romance
    • Galician-Portuguese
      • Galician: 3 million in Galicia.
      • Fala: 10,000 Spain.
      • Portuguese: 230 million Portugal, Brazil; a few thousand Asia; 26 million Africa.
        • Dialects in Brazil:
          • Caipira
          • Cearense
          • Bahiano
          • Fluminense
          • Gaúcho
          • Mineiro
          • Nordestino
          • Nortista
          • Paulistano
          • Sertanejo
          • Sulista
        • Dialects in Africa:
          • Dialects in Angola
            • Benguelense
            • Luandense
            • Sulista
          • Capeverdean Portuguese
          • Guinean Portuguese
          • Mozambican Portuguese
          • São Tomean Portuguese
        • Dialects in Portugal:
          • Açoriano
          • Alentejano
          • Algarvio
          • Alto-Minhoto
          • Baixo-Beirão e Alto-Alentejano
          • Beirão
          • Estremenho
          • Madeirense
          • Nortenho
          • Transmontano
      • Judaeo-Portuguese: extinct.
    • Astur-Leonese
      • Asturian language
      • Leonese
      • Extremaduran
      • Mirandese: 5,000 Portugal.
    • Spanish (Castilian): 360 million Spain, Americas.
      • Dialects in Spain:
        • Andalusian Spanish
        • Canarian Spanish
        • Churro Spanish
        • Murcian Spanish
        • Northern Spanish
      • Other dialects:
        • Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish)
      • Dialects in Americas:
        • Amazonian Spanish
        • Andean Spanish
        • Antioqueño Spanish
        • Camba Spanish
        • Caribbean Spanish
          • Cuban Spanish
          • Dominican Spanish
          • Panamanian Spanish
          • Puerto Rican Spanish
          • Venezuelan Spanish
          • Maracucho Spanish
        • Central American Spanish
        • Chilean Spanish
          • Chilote Spanish
        • Cundiboyacense Spanish
        • Ecuatorial Spanish
        • Mexican Spanish (Central Mexico)
        • North Mexican Spanish
        • South Mexican Spanish
        • New Mexican Spanish
        • Paraguayan Spanish
        • Peruvian Coast Spanish
        • Rioplatense Spanish
        • Santandereano-Tachirense Spanish
        • Yucateco Spanish
    • Riverense Portuñol: about 100,000 in Uruguay and Southern Brazil.
  • Gallo Romance
    • Occitan-Catalan
      • Catalan: 6.5 million Spain, France, Andorra, Italy.
        • Eastern Catalan
          • Northern Catalan (Roussillonese)
          • Central Catalan
          • Balearic
          • Alguerese: The town of Alguer in Sardinia
        • Occidental Catalan
          • Ribagorçan
          • Southern Catalan (Valencian)
      • Occitan: 2 million France:
        • Gascon: Bordeaux (Bordèu) country
          • Aranese: One county in Catalonia
        • Lengadocian: Toulouse (Tolosa) country
        • Provençal: Marseilles (Marselha) country
          • Niçard: Nice was historically Languedocien, but became Provençal after immigration in the 19th century
        • Aupenc
          • Occitan de las Valadas: Piedmont western valleys
        • Lemosin: Limoges (Lemòtges) country
        • Auvernhat
    • Franco-Provençal: Lyons country (extinct in Switzerland), Aosta Valley, some valleys in Piedmont
    • Rhaetian languages
      • Friulian: 2 million Friuli, Argentina, Canada, Australia, etc.
      • Ladin: Dolomites
      • Romansh: 66,000 Switzerland.
    • Oïl languages:
      • Poitevin-Saintongeais
      • Bourguignon-Morvandiau
      • Champenois
      • Franc-Comtois
      • Lorrain:
      • French: 70 million Europe; 12 million Americas.
        • Dialects in Europe:
          • Aostan French (Italy)
          • Belgian French (Belgium)
          • Metropolitan French (France; Standard French Language)
          • Meridional French (France)
          • Swiss French (Switzerland)
        • Dialects in the Americas:
          • Canadian French (Canada):
            • Acadian French
            • Newfoundland French
            • Quebec French
          • Cajun French (United States)
      • Gallo:
      • Norman:
        • Anglo-Norman language: extinct.
        • Auregnais: extinct
        • Dgèrnésiais: endangered
        • Jèrriais
        • Sercquiais
      • Picard
      • Walloon
    • Cisalpino-Romance (Gallo-Romance) languages:
      • Ligurian
        • Genoese dialect
        • Monegasque
      • Piemontese
      • Lombard: 2,000,000 in Lombardy and Canton Ticino
        • Western Lombard (Insubre)
          • Milanese
          • Como dialect
          • Lecco dialect
          • Varese (Bosino) dialect
          • Busto Arsizio (Bustocco) dialect
          • Brianza dialect
          • Ticinese
          • Valtellina dialect
          • Chiavenna dialect
          • Valassina dialect
          • Laghée
          • Ossola dialect
          • Lodi dialect
          • Novara dialect
        • Eastern Lombard (Orobico)
          • Bergamo dialect
          • Brescia dialect
          • Crema dialect
          • Western Trentino dialect
          • Bormio dialect
          • Camuno dialect
          • Higher Non dialect
        • Others
          • Gaì
          • Sicilian Lombard
          • Talian Lombardo
      • Emilio-Romagnolo
        • Lunigiana dialect
        • Piacenza dialect
        • Modena dialect
        • Parma dialect
        • Reggio Emilia dialect
        • Cremona dialect
        • Mantova dialect
        • Bologna dialect
        • Ferrara dialect
      • Venetian: 1,500,000 in Veneto and Venezia-Giulia
  • Dalmatian: Croatia (extinct)
  • Italian dialects:
    • Italian: 60,000,000 in Italy etc.
      • Corsican:
        • Gallurese
        • Sassarese
    • Neapolitan: 8,000,000 in central-southern Italy
    • Romanesco
    • Istriot
    • Judeo-Italian: 4,000 Italy
  • Sicilian: 6,000,000 in Sicily, Calabria and Puglia
    • Calabrese
    • Salentino
  • African Romance: Morocco and Algeria (extinct)
  • Pyrenean-Mozarabic
    • Aragonese: 10,000 in Aragon.
    • Mozarabic: Southern Spain and Portugal (extinct)
• Eastern Romance:
  • Romanian language
    • Romanian: 22.5 million Romania
    • Moldovan (Romanian in Moldova): 4.5 million Moldova.
    • Aromanian: 300,000 Greece, Macedonia, Albania, and Bulgaria.
    • Meglenitic
    • Istro-Romanian
• Southern Romance
  • Sardinian: 300,000 Sardinia.
    • Campidanese
    • Logudorese

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• Romance language tree