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All Romance Languages on a Map

Can you name all the Romance languages and dialects on the map below? Not every dialect is featured, only those which have their own ISO 639 code.
ISO 639 are standards as per the International Organization for Standardization
I have added an additional dialect on a certain Island, while removing a couple languages/dialects in which their status is unclear, such as Istriot
Speakers are according to L1 figures found here, excluding languages with exceptional geographic reach
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Gallo-Romance
 
L1
Language
 
76 m
French
 
>
Walloon
600 k
>
Picard
200 k
>
Franco-Provençal
140 k
>
Norman
50 k
 
Ibero-Romance
 
L1
Language
 
489 m
Spanish
 
>
Extremaduran
200 k
>
Aragonese
25 k
250 m
Portuguese
 
2.4 m
Galician
 
15 k
Mirandese
 
 
 
 
 
 
Italo-Dalmatian
 
L1
Language
 
65 m
Italian
 
>
Neapolitan
5.7 m
>
Sicilian
4.7 m
>
Venetian
3.8 m
>
Corsican
150 k
 
 
 
 
 
Gallo-Italic
 
L1
Language
 
65 m
Italian
 
>
Lombard
3.6 m
>
Piedmontese
1.6 m
>
Ligurian
500 k
 
 
 
 
 
Eastern Romance
 
L1
Language
 
24 m
Romanian
 
114 k
Aromanian
 
 
 
 
 
 
Occitano-Romance
 
L1
Language
 
76 m
French
 
>
Occitan
500 k
4.0 m
Catalan
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rhaeto-Romance
 
L1
Language
 
600 k
Friulian
 
44 k
Romansh
 
41 k
Ladin
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sardinian
 
L1
Language
 
1.3 m
Sardinian
 
 
 
A Brief Comparison
EN
She always closes the window before dinner.
LT
(Ea) semper antequam cenat fenestram claudit
 
 
FR
Elle ferme toujours la fenêtre avant de dîner.
 
 
ES
(Ella) siempre cierra la ventana antes de cenar.
PT
(Ela) fecha sempre a janela antes de jantar.
GL
(Ela) pecha sempre a xanela antes de cear.
MD
(Eilha) cerra siempre la bentana atrás de jantar.
 
 
IT
(Ella) chiude sempre la finestra prima di cenare.
 
 
RO
Ea închide întotdeauna fereastra înainte de cină.
AO
(Nâsa) ãncljidi totna firida ninti di tsinã.
 
 
CT
(Ella) sempre tanca la finestra abans de sopar.
 
 
FL
(Jê) e sieri simpri il barcon prin di cenâ.
RS
Ella clauda abina la fanestra avant ch'ella tschainia.
LD
La sera sempre la fenestra gnante de disna.
 
 
SD
Issa serrat simpri sa bentana in antis de cenai.
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103 Recent Comments
Jiaozira
+14
Level 71
Feb 20, 2021

I was unsure if I should include Galician as a dialect of Portuguese. There is a lot of debate around this subject and it can even be controversial, although Galician resembles Portuguese more closely than some of the Italian dialects resemble Standard Italian.

If anyone is wondering, Provençal is a dialect of Occitan, and that is the reason it is not accepted for Franco-Provençal.

The Romance languages largely exist on a dialect continuum (with exceptions) so keep in mind there is a great blend of languages and languages branches, although with increased standardisation and the decline of dialects this is less so the case in present day.

Jiaozira
+10
Level 71
Feb 20, 2021
Next will be Slavic languages!
Relox84
+4
Level 69
Feb 20, 2021
Awesome quiz! And thanks for mentioning my grandparents' mother tongue Picard as a distinct dialect also. It's true that on paper it's very similar to French, but there are many sound changes that drastically diminish intellegibility.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
Feb 20, 2021
Thank you! That is very neat that your grandparents speak Picard. I haven't heard spoken Picard, but I've listened to Walloon and it sounded very different to standard French, but interestingly enough I noticed some words in common with the French spoken in Quebec (such as asteure rather than standard French maintenant)
sanlucas2
+1
Level 56
Aug 15, 2021
I have 2 Questions. Can you answer them.

1. Why is Romanian Romance though being in Eastern Europe

2. Why did you add dialects. They were really confusing

Jiaozira
+12
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
Sure I will answer:

1. Eastern Europe is not only Slavic-speaking, Romanian and Aromanian are Romance, Hungarian and Estonian are Uralic, Lithuanian and Latvian are Baltic (related to Slavic), etc. Languages families are not related to geography, but rather languages families descend from a common ancestor and share grammatical features and vocabulary (although nearby languages influence each other, this is known as a sprachbund).

2. It is confusing, although if I exclude 'dialects' it is also confusing. Dialects is just a word we use to easily define different languages, but there is no reason why, say Norman is any less of a language than standard French other than the fact that standard French has more power behind it. People disagree on what a 'language' is all the time. I have made another quiz which is simply the main Romance Languages, too.

sanlucas2
+4
Level 56
Aug 29, 2021
Does Romance mean the languages are related to Latin?
Jiaozira
+4
Level 71
Aug 30, 2021
Yes, all Romance Languages are descended from colloquial dialects of Latin :)
sanlucas2
+2
Level 56
Sep 2, 2021
Is Aromanian related to Romanian?
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
Sep 3, 2021
They are both Eastern Romance languages so they are pretty close (but there are still differences). Here is a comparison between the two languages.
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 72
Oct 8, 2021
To elaborate on #1: Romania used to be part of the Roman empire, so they spoke Latin there. The Latin of this area evolved into Romanian.
seychelleschad
+2
Level 71
Sep 23, 2022
hey one thing i think there this language called aranese spoken in vall d'aran (a catalan province) that you've marked, but as a part of occitan although spain recognizes it as a cooficial language i get that is a type of occitan but could you please put aranese as its own thing, in not from aran but i'm catalan and i think it should be it's own dialect in this quiz
Jiaozira
+4
Level 71
Sep 24, 2022
The main reason I couldn't include it, is because Aranese doesn't have an ISO code like the other dialects. It is a little sad to leave it out, but it's important to stick to this rule in order to keep the quiz consistent. Think of it like a zoom level, I zoomed the quiz in on these specific languages/dialects but there are more levels of zoom which are more and more specific and detailed.

Thank you for you comment, I appreciate it :)

NV1
+2
Level 51
Feb 20, 2021
That means good if you don't know .You probably don't
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Feb 20, 2021
Much appreciated, but in which language?
OwenBlueWilson
+9
Level 62
Feb 20, 2021
These language map quizzes are always so good
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
Feb 20, 2021
I'm glad you think so, thank you!
Crem
+2
Level 69
Feb 20, 2021
Amazing quiz!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Feb 20, 2021
Thank you Crem!
jordibabot
+3
Level 66
Feb 21, 2021
I've heard about astur-leonés, but never heard of estremeñu before. It seems that it is official in some international organizations, but not in the place where the speakers live.

Nice quizz btw

Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Feb 21, 2021
Thank you! Extremaduran is actually a dialect of Asturian-Leonese along with Mirandese. Both languages/dialects are very rare in the present day.
Yoshimano
+3
Level 65
Feb 22, 2021
Kinda hard but well made and very interesting one.

Thanks!

Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Feb 22, 2021
I am glad you liked it. And I can sympathise with you because there are a lot of dialects to remember!
1ProximaCentauri
+3
Level 54
Feb 24, 2021
15/27. Glad I remembered the Demonym for Naples was Neapolitan and not "Napolian". Great Quiz!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Feb 24, 2021
Thanks! That is a surprisingly difficult word (which I often see mixed up with a myriad of other words).
Damangio
+6
Level 64
Apr 28, 2021
Just remember Neapolitan ice cream :-)
Jiaozira
+6
Level 71
Apr 29, 2021
Just don't make the mistake of some of my fellow Canadians and confuse Neapolitan and Nepalese :)
AlmostAGenius
+1
Level 82
Oct 26, 2022
Well I used to confuse Napoleon and Neapolitan so…
peardestroyer
+2
Level 60
Apr 1, 2021
Great work!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Apr 1, 2021
Thank you!
Nathaniel
+2
Level 75
Apr 27, 2021
Since in Latin the order of the words has no relevance, this is completely irrelevant, but if a Roman wanted to make the sentence as coherent as possible, I think he/she would say, "Antequam cenā (or cenad or cenat, although I believe [aː] is the most common form of female Ablative endings) fenestram semper claudit." In this case including "ea" would actually be quite sensible, if it is important to know that she closes the window, because in this sentence the gender cannot be found in the verb.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Apr 27, 2021
That is good to note, thanks! I wasn't aware of that, I got the translations from this Wikipedia page although I would be interested to note where the original translations actually came from.
Relox84
+1
Level 69
Jun 12, 2021
Actually, antequam here is a conjuction that is followed by a verb: so antequam cenat more literally means "before dining" or "before she dines", and as a noun it would be "ante cenam" in the accusative case.

I don't fully agree with your comment on ea: 3rd person subject pronouns are rarely used in classical Latin, even more so than in typical modern Romance languages.

Nathaniel
+1
Level 75
Jul 5, 2021
About antequam cenat, I wasn't aware of that.

Concerning ea, I know that 3rd person subject pronouns are seldomly used, but since this sentence is missing context, the gender cannot be derived from any previous sentences. Therefore, if it is important to know that she closed the window, then ea is required.

Nathaniel
+3
Level 75
Apr 27, 2021
Great quiz! Especially the brief comparison is really nice, but of course also the fascinating map! Nominated!
Jiaozira
+3
Level 71
Apr 27, 2021
Thank you, I put a lot of passion into the quiz :D
Damangio
+2
Level 64
Apr 28, 2021
Jiaozira delivers again. Nominated. The inclusion of the sample sentence is really neat.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Apr 29, 2021
Thank you! I feel it gives people a chance to learn (more).
Felixcroc
+2
Level 69
Apr 29, 2021
Please accept Arpetan for Franco-Provencal
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
Apr 30, 2021
Sure, I already accept Arpitan too.
giommaso
+4
Level 73
May 21, 2021
Please accept also just "provencal" for Franco-Provençal.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
May 24, 2021
I have been holding back on that type-in as Provençal is principally a dialect of Occitan. I may reconsider though.
Minkeslandian
+2
Level 64
May 24, 2021
A small correction for the Portuguese, the sentence would go "(Ela) SEMPRE FECHA a janela antes de jantar.", not the other way around. Otherwise, great quiz!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
May 24, 2021
Fixed now, thank you!
BolyaiAnna
+4
Level 82
May 27, 2021
Great quiz! I think you should accept "ch'ti" for picard though. Technically ch'ti is a dialect of picard, but it's spoken by a majority of picard speakers (near Lille and in Pas-de-Calais) including... well, myself. Another dialect that I know is "rouchi" (also spelt rouchy) which is spoken near Valenciennes but it's pretty minor.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Jun 3, 2021
Thank you, I've updated the type-ins! That is interesting that you speak to dialect too. I included Rouchi as a type-in under Picard, although I'm not aware of the precise definition.
Phoenix31
+2
Level 63
May 31, 2021
I love those map quizzes! great job!

I don't know if you're already aware of this, but you could add the Algherese dialect on the map. It's a variant of Catalan spoken in the island of Sardinia. :D

Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Jun 3, 2021
Thank you! That is quite interesting to hear, I will consider adding it. It looks as if Algherese has roots back hundreds of years, I am impressed that the language lives on :)
tintek12
+1
Level 50
Jun 5, 2021
Knowing countries in 1444 eu4 start date really helps out here :D

Very cool quiz !

aloepottt
+1
Level 48
Jun 10, 2021
great svg!
y4r4
+4
Level 40
Jul 1, 2021
Shout out to the 1% guy who guessed French and Spanish, but didn't guess Portuguese and Italian.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Jul 15, 2021
Please consider accepting Veneto for Venetian
MappingFan97
+2
Level 43
Jul 17, 2021
I like that, very interesting. However, you forgot about Meglenitic which is distinct from Aromanian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megleno-Romanian_language
Momillo
+1
Level 61
Jul 24, 2021
But why isn't astur-leonés in this map? it is more widespread than extremeño. Also consider adding montañés which is similar to these languages. Great quiz though!
makouras
+1
Level 83
Jul 26, 2021
Show this map to a Greek and watch them go mental
david2013
+2
Level 85
Jul 26, 2021
Assuming Monégasque and Jèrriais are considered dialects and not languages in their own right? Great quiz!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Jul 26, 2021
Thank you! They are part of the Norman dialect.
MG17
+2
Level 43
Jul 30, 2021
WHY!? Just why I cannot nominate anymore!? Five stars for sure, because I can’t give 10. That’s basically a blog, which you have already made and got featured. Not different with the quiz, also featured.
AlexM
+2
Level 80
Aug 5, 2021
Please could you allow the spelling Extremeno (Extremeño) for Extremaduran? It's the Spanish for it....
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Aug 5, 2021
Okay will do.
xyzzy
+1
Level 71
Aug 12, 2021
Many of these aren't considered dialects.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
Aug 13, 2021
Which ones?
xyzzy
+1
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
The majority of the Italian and French ones.
cashmercury
+3
Level 66
Aug 15, 2021
Nice quiz! You should accept Provençal though.

And one question : why not to include languages like French Creole?

Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
I will consider it if more people ask, however Provençal is also a dialect of Occitan so it gets confusing.

The reason I do not include Creole Languages is that they are more hybrid. They may take features from other language families (especially Niger-Congo Languages) and are too organic to classify in a quiz such as this. For example, you have Haitian, Louisiana, Antillean, French Guianese, Seychellois, Mauritanian Creole, just to name a few, all of whom have varying differences among themselves and between modern, standard French.

Thanks for the comment!

Chris25300
+2
Level 53
Aug 15, 2021
Your sentence in Catalan is wrong Ella sempre clou - clou is from cloure which means close in the sense of conclude (la ceremonia clou amb l'entrega de premis/the cermony closes with the presentation of prizes). In the sense of the sentence here, Catalans would use "tancar" - "close" in the physical sense - and it should be "ella sempre tanca la finestra". Also there is a deabte about the inclusiveness of Catalan and many would argue that Valencian, Mallorcan, Menorcan, and Ibizan are separate and distinct dialects or languages.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
Thank you for your correction! I got all of my translations from a Wikipedia article rather than machine translations, although mistakes are certainly possible. Although it is controversial, I am going to keep all of the Catalan/Valencian dialects together. If I zoomed in to that level of detail, the quiz would be far longer than it already is or needs to be. Hope you understand!
stylus
+2
Level 77
Aug 15, 2021
would venician be an acceptable type-in? i knew it was the one from venice, just not exactly what it was called. if not no worries, love the quiz!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
Yes, I have no problems including that as a type-in! Thanks for playing :D
elirom
+2
Level 54
Aug 15, 2021
Very cool quiz! I speak Romanian and had no idea that Aromanian even existed :D I also like the language examples and the supplementary information about each language/dialect.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
Thank you very much! Aromanian is quite obscure and sometimes considered a dialect of Romanian. If more people are aware of it, perhaps it will be better preserved in the years to come :)
Chad
+2
Level 64
Aug 15, 2021
Is Latin a Romance language?
Chad
+1
Level 64
Aug 15, 2021
If so should it not be counted as it is an official language of the Vatican?
Jiaozira
+3
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
Yes but I don't include dead or extinct languages. Otherwise there would be others here such as Dalmatian. Official status is not regarded for the quiz. Thanks for your comment :)
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
Are you doing any more of these? Just asking because I really like this series (and they seem to be popular among other JetPunkers as well) and you haven't released any in a while :/
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
I might, because I get the feeling this series has been appreciated! However it also takes a lot of time to make each quiz (especially with the minor details such as the translations, if I made another quiz I would want to better reseach the grammar and all). I now have a job and another year of university around the corner, so we will see what happens :P

Thanks for asking though!

obmeb
+2
Level 59
Aug 20, 2021
I tried to type in Vlac, Vlach, Vlachia, Vlakikka. Which is the language still spoken in a scattered few mountain villages in Northern Greece, notably Kokkinopilos on the southern slope of Mt Olympus.

I spent a summer there three years back; that someone was more interested in learning their language (with many familiar elements from French and Italiano) than that usurper Greek came as a surprise.

You seemingly have this covered as Aromanian -- but that was not a term used by any of the native speakers and wikipedia gives it as the subset, not the other way round.

Yes, some had relatives in Romania, the fact that it was close to Swiss Romansch was the biggest surprise.

Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Aug 20, 2021
That is very interesting to hear, thank you for the comment! I can only imagine what an experience it would be to have the chance to interact with this regional language and the community around it and how enriching that would be :)

Vlach should work as a type-in. Aromanian is an exonym of course although from all that I have read I believe it is the most common way to refer to the language in English.

I have seen some comparisons to Romanian although it is neat that it is close to Romansch too. Would be great to learn more about this language as it is truly one of a kind.

EcceHomo
+2
Level 82
Sep 1, 2021
What a very well researched and presented quiz. Bravo/a, Jiaozira.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Sep 3, 2021
Thank you EcceHomo! :D
Pandoramix
+2
Level 50
Oct 8, 2021
Do not worry, I don't think any portuguese speaker consider galician as portuguese ;) More like a mix between portuguese and castellano. Just one thing: the phrase in portuguese is "Ela fecha sempre a janela..." and not "Ela sempre fecha a janela...". Great quizz!
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Oct 8, 2021
Fixed, thank you! I'm glad to hear that, also! Since I don't speak Galician or Portuguese it can be really hard to differentiate between languages and dialects (although those are subjective catagories that are mainly only important on things such as this quiz)! :)
Saftra
+2
Level 51
Jan 15, 2022
Can you make all finno-ugric languages on map please?
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Jan 15, 2022
I have a quiz on the Uralic Languages which includes all Finno-Ugric languages +a couple other Samoyedic languages :)
TheOrca
+2
Level 50
Jun 28, 2022
Surprised there are no dialects in South America
Jiaozira
+3
Level 71
Jun 29, 2022
Spanish and Portuguese dialects from South America are considered part of the larger Spanish and Portuguese languages.

Haitian Creole and Papiamento in North America have the numbers to make the quiz, but I think that so-called 'Creole languages' have a different classification. Maybe one day I will add them though :)

brandybuck96
+2
Level 83
Dec 9, 2022
Yes, creoles are often referred to as 'Romance-lexified', because while the majority of the vocabulary appears to be from one of the Romance languages, the structures are a different matter, and it's argued to what extent they are grammatically more related to west African languages.
StarGG4358
+2
Level 58
Jan 24, 2023
So where's Jèrriais and Guernésiais? Great quiz btw
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
Jan 24, 2023
They are part of the Norman dialect. Thanks for playing :)
VenesiaBall
+1
Level 46
Jul 12, 2023
I'm a Venetian-speaker, I can provide a translation for the sentence

(Eła) ła sera el balcon prima de sena

ertyloide
+1
Level 38
Oct 20, 2023
Great quiz !

In Picard, the sentence you used as an example would be "ale barre toudi ch'cassi edvint ch'super". It would translate word for word to "she closes everiday the window before the dinner".

Eggcellent
+2
Level 22
Nov 21, 2023
i know nothing about languages, however, this is a very fun quiz and at least i learned something today
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Jan 2, 2024
Thanks for playing :)
PunkInCroatia
+2
Level 26
Jan 20, 2024
There also exists Istro-Romanian in Istria, Croatia. Although it's population of native speakers is very small.
sarahthe7th
+2
Level 47
Jan 28, 2024
Thanks for the change of yellow to a darker shade and the colour of the writing to black. It makes it so much easier to see the translations. Also I love your quizzes! Keep up the good work!
VenesiaBall
+1
Level 46
Feb 25, 2024
The languages from Italian peninsula are NOT dialets of Italian language, they've evolved in the same period, so they cannot be dialects.

If Italian politicians say that, do not listen to them

Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Feb 25, 2024
From a linguistics perspective they are all languages and should be thought of as such. However, socially, and due to the rise of a standardised Italian form, I have to consider them as dialects for the purposes of this quiz. It's a shortcut I have to take for all language groupings in order to make a quiz that is accessible and fun to play.
verysmartdude
+2
Level 24
Apr 2, 2024
Love these quizzes, thanks for making them. Did you consider adding Jèrriais and Guernésais? They both have very few native speakers, but it seems like they are considered their own languages and not dialects of French
Jiaozira
+2
Level 71
Apr 2, 2024
Thanks for playing! I considered them to be a part of a broader Norman dialect, so that's why they weren't included.
Marli5
+2
Level 23
Aug 4, 2024
Hi, can i maybe do a german Version of this and try to get it feautured?
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
Aug 5, 2024
Go for it :)
ObaiAhmed
+1
Level 68
Aug 20, 2024
Please accept Provencal
PineappleW
+1
Level 72
Aug 23, 2024
Would you be open to adding Ladino (a.k.a. Judeo-Spanish, not to be confused with Ladin)?

There are very few L1 speakers nowadays, but it does have its own ISO code: `lad`.

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