WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which early language was the base of Romance languages such as Spanish and French?
A
Sanskrit
B
Latin
C
Greek
D
Italian
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What are the Romance languages? The Romance languages are a group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The major languages of the family include French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.

Detailed explanation-2: -They are called Romance languages because they owe their existence to the Romans, who spoke Latin and spread it through most of Europe. All of the Romance languages derive from Vulgar Latin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish language originated from Latin, the language of the Romans. Because of this, Spanish is classified as a Romance language. This classification has little to do with the actual characteristics of the Spanish language, but most Romance languages are indeed considered romantic because of how they sound.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spanish is a Romance language which developed from Vulgar Latin in central areas of the Iberian peninsula and has absorbed many loanwords from other Romance languages like French, Occitan, Catalan, Portuguese, and Italian.

Detailed explanation-5: -Latin did not die but evolved into the five Romance languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian.

There is 1 question to complete.