Romance languages
The Romance languages (Wikipedia:Romance languages) include Catalan (ca
), Occitan (oc
), Asturian (ast
), Spanish (es
), French (fr
), Galician (gl
), Portuguese (pt
), Romanian (ro
) and Italian (it
). The languages are related with varying levels of mutual intelligibility. Many of these languages are included in Apertium already.
Romance languages that are not yet covered in Apertium include Aromanian, Arpitan, Corsican, Friulan, Ladino, Leonese, Lombard, Mirandese, Neapolitan, Piedmontese, Romansh, Sicilian, Venetian and Walloon.
Status
Text in italic denotes unreleased language pair.
arg | ast | cat | cos | spa | fra | glg | ita | oci | por | ron | rup | srd | |
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arg | - | es-an 17,758 |
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ast | - | es-ast 57,067 |
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cat | - | cat-cos 316 |
es-ca 43,180 |
fr-ca 10,560 |
ca-it 9,773 |
oc-ca 24,877 |
pt-ca 8,034 |
ca-ro 16,431 |
cat-srd 2,803 | ||||
cos | cat-cos 316 |
- | cos-ita 25 |
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spa | es-an 17,758 |
es-ast 57,067 |
es-ca 43,180 |
- | fr-es 26,993 |
es-gl 28,052 |
es-it 12,505 |
oc-es 18,774 |
es-pt 15,520 |
es-ro 24,528 |
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fra | fr-ca 10,560 |
fr-es 26,993 |
- | fr-it 1 |
oc-fr 10,588 |
fra-por 18,919 |
fr-ro 12,727 |
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glg | es-gl 28,052 |
- | pt-gl 12,330 |
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ita | ca-it 9,773 |
cos-ita 25 |
es-it 12,505 |
fr-it 1 |
- | it-pt 1 |
ro-it 10,093 |
ita-srd ? | |||||
oci | oc-ca 24,877 |
oc-es 18,774 |
oc-fr 10,588 |
- | |||||||||
por | pt-ca 8,034 |
es-pt 15,520 |
fra-por 18,919 |
pt-gl 12,330 |
it-pt 1 |
- | sc-pt ? | ||||||
ron | ca-ro 16,431 |
es-ro 24,528 |
fr-ro 12,727 |
ro-it 10,093 |
- | ron-rup 402 |
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rup | ron-rup 402 |
- | |||||||||||
srd | cat-srd 2,803 |
ita-srd ? |
sc-pt ? |
- | |||||||||
bre | br-es 11,760 |
br-fr 27,988 |
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ces | es-cs 387 |
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cym | cy-es 8,798 |
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deu | es-de 615 |
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eng | en-ca 35,873 |
'en-es ' |
en-fr 13,455 |
en-gl 30,049 |
en-it 21,067 |
en-pt 6,828 |
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epo | eo-ca 43,160 |
eo-es 48,312 |
eo-fr 43,077 |
eo-it 9,344 |
eo-pt 12,760 |
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eus | eu-es 19,307 |
eu-fr 7,616 |
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guc | guc-spa 1,077 |
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ina | es-ia 35 |
ron-ina 192 |
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lat | la-es 1,920 |
la-it 65 |
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mlt | mlt-spa 137 |
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nld | fr-nl 1,744 |
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quz | quz-spa 0 |
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qve | spa-qve 0 |
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slv | slv-spa |
slv-ita 1,586 |
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sme | sme-spa 1 |
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ssp | es-ssp 3,397 |
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tet | tet-por 3,075 |
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zho | zho-spa 14,040 |
Many of these are documented in Publications.
Vulnerability
This table summarizes the vulnerability of various Romance languages. Vulnerability data is derived from the ‘Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, © UNESCO, http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas’ and Ethnologue.
Language | ISO639-3 | Location | Speakers | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnologue | UNESCO | ||||
Zarphatic | zrp
|
France | 0 | 10 (Extinct) | - |
Shuadit | sdt
|
France | 0 | 10 (Extinct) | - |
Emilian | egl
|
Italy | 0 | 9 (Dormant) | - |
Romagnol | rgn
|
Italy | 0 | 9 (Dormant) | - |
Minderico | drc
|
Portugal | 500 | 8b (Nearly extinct) | - |
Judeo-Italian | itk
|
Italy | 250 | 8a (Moribund) | - |
Arpitan | frp
|
France & Italy | 137,000 | 8a (Moribund) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Romanian, Istro | ruo
|
Croatia | 560 | 7 (Shifting) | 3 (Severely endangered) |
Istriot | ist
|
Croatia | 1,000 | 7 (Shifting) | 3 (Severely endangered) |
Romanian, Megleno | ruq
|
Greece, Macedonia | 5,000 | 7 (Shifting) | 3 (Severely endangered) |
French, Cajun | frc
|
United States | 25,600 | 7 (Shifting) | - |
Extremaduran | ext
|
Spain | 201,500 | 7 (Shifting) | - |
Aragonese | arg
|
Spain | 10,000 | 6b (Threatened) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Ladin | lld
|
Italy | 20,000 | 6b (Threatened) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Sardinian, Gallurese | sdn
|
Italy | 100,000 | 6b (Threatened) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Sardinian, Sassarese | sdc
|
Italy | 100,000 | 6b (Threatened) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Asturian | ast
|
Spain | 110,000 | 6b (Threatened) | - |
Aromanian | rup
|
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia | 123,300 | 6b (Threatened) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Sardinian, Logudorese | src
|
Italy | 500,000 | 6b (Threatened) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Walloon | wln
|
Belgium, France, Luxembourg | 600,000 | 6b (Threatened) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Spanish, Loreto-Ucayali | spq
|
Peru | 2,800 | 6a (Vigorous) | - |
Fala | fax
|
Spain | 10,500 | 6a (Vigorous) | - |
Sardinian, Campidanese | sro
|
Italy | 500,000 | 6a (Vigorous) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Corsican | cos
|
France, Italy | 31,000 | 5 (Developing) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Picard | pcd
|
Belgium, France | 200,000 | 5 (Developing) | 3 (Severely endangered) |
Friulian | fur
|
Italy | 300,000 | 5 (Developing) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Ligurian | lij
|
France, Italy, Monaco | 505,100 | 5 (Developing) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Piemontese | pms
|
Italy | 1,600,000 | 5 (Developing) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Lombard | lmo
|
Italy | 3,903,000 | 5 (Developing) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Sicilian | scn
|
Italy | 4,700,000 | 5 (Developing) | 1 (Vulnerable) |
Napoletano-Calabrese | nap
|
Italy | 5,700,000 | 5 (Developing) | 1 (Vulnerable) |
Romansch | roh
|
Switzerland | 35,139 | 4 (Educational) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Ladino | lad
|
Israel & Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Morocco, Romania, Turkey, Serbia | 112,130 | 4 (Educational) | 3 (Severely endangered) |
Occitan | oci
|
France, Italy | 2,048,310 | 4 (Educational) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Venetian | vec
|
Croatia, Italy, Slovenia | 3,852,500 | 4 (Educational) | 1 (Vulnerable) |
Mirandese | mwl
|
Portugal | 15,000 | 2 (Provincial) | - |
Galician | glg
|
Spain | 3,185,000 | 2 (Provincial) | - |
Catalan | cat
|
Spain & Italy | 7,220,420 | 2 (Provincial) | 2 (Definitely endangered) |
Romanian | ron
|
Romania | 23,623,890 | 1 (National) | - |
Italian | ita
|
Italy | 61,068,677 | 1 (National) | - |
French | fra
|
France | 68,458,600 | 1 (National) | 3 (Severely endangered) |
Portuguese | por
|
Portugal | 202,468,100 | 1 (National) | - |
Spanish | spa
|
Spain | 405,638,110 | 1 (National) | - |
Other language pairs
- Pairs including a non-Romance language
- English and Portuguese
- French and Esperanto
- English and Galician
- English to Catalan
- English and Spanish
- Spanish and Esperanto
- Breton and French
- Catalan and Esperanto
- Basque and Spanish