Romance Languages

The Romance languages (less commonly Latin languages, or Neo-Latin languages) are the modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin between the third and eighth centuries. They are a subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European language family. The five most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are Spanish (480 million), Portuguese (270 million), French (77 million), Italian (65 million), and Romanian (24 million). Of the major Romance languages, Italian is the closest to Latin, followed by Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese, and the most divergent being French. Taking into account all the Romance languages, including national and regional …

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EUA: European University Association · 12 March 2024 English

To illustrate this, the European Strategy for Universities (2022)2 underlines the importance of higher education institutions engaging in transnational cooperation as well as the development and delivery of joint degrees …

develop linguistic skills and to comprehend Romance languages, without actually speaking them. Furthermore


EU: European Union · 7 February 2024 English

This exhibition seeks to show how translation, both written and spoken (interpreting), has been a crucial means for communication in countless situations and moments throughout the history of Spain and …

vernacular and Romance languages derived from Vulgar Latin. The emergence of the Romance languages and of government and Inquisition The emergence of the Romance languages during the Middle Ages culminated at the


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 19 January 2024 English

This paper aims to identify the sources of human capital growth for the observation period 1990-2020 by region, gender and various determinants. It is a preliminary version of a forthcoming …

countries in Central and South America where Romance languages, which are derived from Latin, are predominantly


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2024 English

where words themselves are gendered (such as Romance languages) led to focusing on English speaking countries


DOS: United States Department of State · 6 November 2023 English

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Operations Branch Chief Adriel M 703-302-6750 Romance Languages Christina Cavella F3628 703-302-7527 Roberson


The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies: The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies · 12 October 2023 English

Supporting the research and educational mission of the University of Notre Dame by engaging faculty, students, and visiting scholars in a supportive intellectual community, the Institute works to project the …

Political Science and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán Romance Languages and Literatures Director, Notre Dame International KEOUGH SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS | PEOPLE 35 Romance Languages and Literatures (cont.) María Rosa Olivera-Williams


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 3 August 2023 English

Of great importance to the future World economy is the future labor force of Asia, as Asia is by far the most populous region in the World. Expected future levels …

Latin America are those in the Americas where Romance languages—languages derived from Latin— are predominantly


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 22 June 2023 English

This study investigates empirically whether and how the use of gender-neutral language affects the performance of women and men in real high-stakes exams. We make use of a natural experiment …

(grammatical gender languages), such as German, Romance languages, Arabic, and Hindu, every noun has a grammatical


JLI: Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities · 24 May 2023 English

The project has numerous partners, collaborators and supporters in Ethiopia and the UK, who include the Ethio- pian Women Lawyers Association, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission …

and a Bachelor’s from Cornell University in Romance Languages and Literatures. Dr Fontes has conducted short


CEPR: Centre for Economic Policy Research · 14 February 2023 English

For example, historically, the level of segregation in Spain and France was similar – Bretons, Basques and Catalans are geographically concentrated, and the Breton and Basque populations of France were …

out by linguist Jules Gilliéron to study Romance languages in the rural parts of the country. For four


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