What are the latin based languages besides English and spanish?

Answer 1

First, English is not a Latin based language, it is a west Germanic language. The Ancestors of the English people came from what is now Germany into England around the time that the roman empire was collapsing. Many people have the misconception that English is a Latin based language because a lot of our words are derived from Latin. The reason for this is that the Norman conquests from France added a lot of new words from French (which is a Latin based language) into the English language. Old English which was spoken before the Norman conquests would be virtually unrecognizable to a speaker of Modern English. In conclusion, while English may have a lot of words originally from Latin, at its base it is a Germanic language.

Now to answer the original question, the Latin based languages include French, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Italian and Romanian. All of these are Romance Languages, however Korean, the last of 7, has been omitted due to its freedom from Latin base.

ANOTHER ADD ON TO ANSWER:

Actually.....Latin-derived words make up a large percentage of German vocabulary.

german.about.com/library/weekly/aa103000a.htm

ADD ON TO ORIGINAL ANSWER BY dseuss7:

uhm...so is English Latin-based? like even technically? because the guy above me says that German is basically Latin-based. *no pun intended* and that English is basically German-based. so yea. you two have left the public confused.

LATIN-DERIVED words do NOT make up a 'large percentage of German vocabulary.

Whoever wrote that is wrong, and I am sick of people trying to hook English and everything else onto Latin. SOME words like scientific or medical terms are from ancient greek or latin. Most MODERNized European countries also have a lot of borrowed words. Instead of making a new word, we just take one from somebody else. English probably has the highest number of borrowed words, because I'm pretty sure it has THE MOST words period.

HOWEVER, the German language comes directly from PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN, which then became the sub germanic languages.

As does 'ITALIC' which became latin, which became 'the romance languages'

For god's sake, all this information is out there. You can lie all you want. Once I moved to Sweden, I figured out REAL quick that even Swedish is closer to English than Spanish. WAY closer.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE: everybody knows MI CASA ES TU CASA, right?

My house is your house!

Mi casa es tu casa (yea that's sounds the same)'

Mein haus ist dein haus - german

min hus är din hus - swedish

or how about 'I hate you'

ik haat u (Dutch, a germanic language)

que te odio OR te odio (Spanish)

REALLY? Even translate devices from Spanish to English BARELY make any sense, it's almost unreadable. BECAUSE THEY ARE SO DIFFERENT, in both grammar and WORDS.

see if you can answer this question, no translation needed! :D

Varför är du så dum?

Warum bist du so dumm?

NOW here's the same question from 2 latin based languages:

De ce ești așa de prost?

Perché sei così stupido?

Did you figure out the question? Gee, I sure hope so.

Answer 2

The Romance languages evolved directly from Latin. There are dozens, but the most common are:

• Spanish
• Portuguese
• French
• Italian
• Catalan
• Romanian

Many other languages include many Latin words and influences: English, Welsh, Gerrman, the Scandinavian languages, Dutch and many more.

The Romance languages, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian) are derived from vulgar (popular) Latin.

Answer 3

not entirely. It is mostly based off of germanic languages brought over from early settlers in modern day England by people from modern day Germany and Sweden. however English is also based off of french, which is a latin based language.

You will see heavy signs of Latin (French in general) influence in British English, and you will see more influence of Germanic languages in American English.