Romance languages
E3592
Romance languages are a group of closely related languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, that evolved from Vulgar Latin spoken in the Roman Empire.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Romance languages canonical | 360 |
| Eastern Romance languages | 2 |
| Langues d’oïl | 1 |
| Western Romance languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28312 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Romance languages Context triple: [Indo-European language family, hasMajorBranch, Romance languages]
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A.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
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B.
Spanish
Spanish is a Romance language originating from the Iberian Peninsula that is now one of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe, the Americas, and beyond.
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C.
Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Haiti and its diaspora, recognized as one of the country's official languages and used in education, media, and religious life.
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D.
Western Europe
Western Europe is the region of European countries that, after World War II, became closely integrated with the United States and each other through economic recovery, political cooperation, and shared democratic institutions.
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E.
Puerto Rican Spanish
Puerto Rican Spanish is the variety of Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico, characterized by Caribbean phonetics, distinctive vocabulary, and influences from Taíno, African, and U.S. English languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Romance languages Target entity description: Romance languages are a group of closely related languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, that evolved from Vulgar Latin spoken in the Roman Empire.
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A.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
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B.
Yuman language family
The Yuman language family is a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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C.
Spanish
Spanish is a Romance language originating from the Iberian Peninsula that is now one of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe, the Americas, and beyond.
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D.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
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E.
Community of Portuguese Language Countries
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries is an international organization that unites nations where Portuguese is an official language to promote political, cultural, and linguistic cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| areBasedOn | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| areDescendedFrom | Italic branch of Indo-European ⓘ |
| areDividedInto |
Eastern Romance languages
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Southern Romance languages ⓘ Western Romance languages ⓘ |
| areMutuallyIntelligibleToSomeDegree |
Czech and Slovak (false example)
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Spanish and Italian ⓘ Spanish and Portuguese ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Americas ⓘ Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Vulgar Latin ⓘ |
| developedIn | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Vulgar Latin ⓘ |
| includeLanguage |
Aragonese language
ⓘ
Aromanian ⓘ
surface form:
Aromanian language
Ibero-Romance languages ⓘ
surface form:
Astur-Leonese languages
Catalan language ⓘ Dalmatian language ⓘ French language ⓘ Ladin language ⓘ
surface form:
Friulian language
Galician language ⓘ Italian language ⓘ Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Spanish language
Ladin language ⓘ Megleno-Romanian ⓘ
surface form:
Megleno-Romanian language
Mirandese language ⓘ Moldovan language ⓘ Occitan ⓘ
surface form:
Occitan language
Portuguese language ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ Romansh language ⓘ Sardinian language ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ Walloon language ⓘ |
| shareFeature |
grammatical gender
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rich verb conjugation ⓘ similar basic vocabulary of Latin origin ⓘ use of definite articles ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Indo-European languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Romance languages Description of subject: Romance languages are a group of closely related languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, that evolved from Vulgar Latin spoken in the Roman Empire.
Referenced by (364)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.