Iberian Romance languages
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The Iberian Romance, Ibero-Romance[3] or sometimes Iberian languages[note 1] are a group of Romance languages that developed on the Iberian Peninsula, an area consisting primarily of Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Andorra and southern France. They are today more commonly separated into West Iberian and Occitano-Romance language groups.
Iberian Romance | |
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Ibero-Romance, Iberian | |
Geographic distribution | Originally Iberian Peninsula and southern France; now worldwide |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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Glottolog | sout3183 (Shifted Iberian) unsh1234 (Aragonese–Mozarabic) |
Evolved from the Vulgar Latin of Iberia, the most widely spoken Iberian Romance languages are Spanish and Portuguese, followed by Catalan and Galician.[4] These languages also have their own regional and local varieties. Based on mutual intelligibility, Dalby counts seven "outer" languages, or language groups: Galician-Portuguese, Spanish, Asturleonese, "Wider"-Aragonese, "Wider"-Catalan, Provençal+Lengadocian, and "Wider"-Gascon.[5]
In addition to those languages, there are a number of Portuguese-based creole languages and Spanish-based creole languages, for instance Papiamento.