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Catalan
Western Romance language
Occitan
Romance language of Western Europe
Sardinian
Romance language indigenous to the island of Sardinia
Aragonese
Romance language
Sicilian
Italo-Dalmatian language spoken in Southern Italy
Neapolitan
Italo-Dalmatian language spoken in southern Italy
Lombard
Gallo-Italic language spoken in the Italian region of Lombardy
Piedmontese
Romance language spoken mainly in Italy
Friulian
Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance family, spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy
Leonese
set of certain vernacular Romance language varieties spoken in León and Zamora (Spain)
Venetian
Romance language spoken in the Italian region of Veneto
Ladin
Rhaeto-Romance language of northeast Italy
Aromanian
Eastern Romance language of the Southern Balkans
Judaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew script: ), also known as Ladino or Judezmo, Sephardi or Spaniolit, is a Romance language derived from Castilian Old Spanish.
Ligurian
Gallo-Romance language (for the ancient extinct language use Q36104)
Norman
Romance language of northwest France
Arpitan language
Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a Gallo-Romance language that originated and is spoken in eastern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.
Mirandese
Romance language belonging to the Astur-Leonese linguistic group, sparsely spoken in a small area of northeastern Portugal
Monégasque
Gallo-Italic language or dialect spoken in Monaco
Provençal
dialect of the Occitan language
Gallo
regional language of France
Emilian–Romagnol
Emilian–Romagnol () is a linguistic continuum that is part of the Gallo-Italic languages spoken in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. It is divided into two main varieties, Emilian and Romagnol.
Gascon
Occitan dialect spoken in southwestern France, and Catalonia, Spain
Asturleonese
West Iberian dialect continuum
Istro-Romanian
Romance language of the Balkans
Jèrriais
thumb| teacher Ben Spink speaks and tells the words of the song by Frank Le Maistre. ' ( ; also known as the Jersey language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French' in English) is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, an island in the Channel Islands archipelago off the coast of France. Its closest relatives are the other Norman languages, such as , spoken in neighbouring Guernsey, and the other .
Istriot
The Istriot language () is a Romance language of the Italo-Dalmatian branch spoken by about 400 people in the southwestern part of the Istrian peninsula in Croatia, particularly in Rovinj and Vodnjan.
Megleno-Romanian
Eastern Romance language of the Balkans
Auvergnat
' (; ) or ' (endonym: ) is a northern dialect of Occitan spoken in central and southern France, in particular in the former administrative region of Auvergne.
Sassarese
Romance (transitional) language variety, closely related to Sardinian and especially Corsican
Guernésiais
Guernésiais (), also known as Guerneseyese, Dgèrnésiais, Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". As one of the langues d'oïl, it has its roots in Latin, but has had strong influence from both Old Norse and English at different points in its history.
Poitevin-Saintongeais
thumb|Statue of Evariste Poitevin, a poet who wrote in Poitevin–Saintongeais Poitevin–Saintongeais (; endonym: poetevin-séntunjhaes; also called Parlanjhe, Aguiain or Aguiainais in French) is a language spoken in the regions of the Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitevin–Saintongeais is officially recognised by the French Ministry of Culture as a language with two dialects: Poitevin and Saintongeais. The language belongs to the langues d'oïl subbranch of the Gallo-Romance languages.
Louisiana French
French variety spoken in Louisiana, United States
Languedocian
Occitan dialect
Limousin
Occitan dialect
Michif
Michif (also Mitchif, Mechif, Michif-Cree, Métif, Métchif, French Cree) is one of the languages of the Métis people of Canada and the United States, who are the descendants of First Nations (mainly Cree, Nakota, and Ojibwe) and fur trade workers of white ancestry (mainly French). The fathers of the Metis Nation were also known as voyageurs, the expert canoeists whose main occupation involved traveling long distances and trading with First Nations. This occupation also required forging relationships and common language with Indigenous contacts. The voyageurs and Indigenous women began intermarr
Sercquiais
Sercquiais (), also known as ', Sarkese or Sark-French', is the Norman dialect of the Channel Island of Sark (Bailiwick of Guernsey).
Judæo-Italian
language group
Algherese
dialect
Gallurese
Gallurese () is a Romance dialect of the Italo-Dalmatian family spoken in the region of Gallura, northeastern Sardinia. Gallurese is variously described as a distinct southern dialect of Corsican or transitional language of the dialect continuum between Corsican and Sardinian. "Gallurese International Day" () takes place each year in Palau (Sardinia) with the participation of orators from other areas, including Corsica.
Western Lombard
language
Logudorese
dialect of the Sardinian language
Campidanese Sardinian
dialect of the Sardinian language
Gallo-Italic of Sicily
group of Gallo-Italic dialects spoken in central-eastern Sicily
Olivença Portuguese
subdialect of Alentejan Portuguese
New England French
language
Faetar
Franco-Provençal dialect group spoken in two communities in the province of Foggia, Italy
Missouri French
variety of French spoken in the upper Mississippi River Valley in the US
Judaeo-Papiamento
Judaeo-Papiamento, or Jewish Papiamentu, is an endangered Jewish language and an ethnolect of Papiamento spoken by the Sephardic Jewish community of Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean. It is likely the only living Jewish ethnolect based on a creole language and the only one based on a language native to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Patuet
Patuet (from the French ) is the dialect of the Catalan language that was spoken in the Maghreb, mainly in Algeria, during the French administration. Mainly of Menorca, Alicante and Roussillon origin, it was characterized by French and Arabic influences and, in turn, influenced the French slang of the pied-noir. After the Pieds-noirs exodus that followed the independence of Algeria, in 1962, most of the population was dispersed throughout France (majority), Roussillon and a minority in the province of Alicante, Spain. The Fort-de-l'Eau Neighborhood Association holds an annual meeting of Algeri
Paḷḷuezu
dialect of Asturian-Leonese
Alentejan Portuguese
dialect of Portuguese spoken in the Portuguese region of Alentejo
Gardiol
variety of the Occitan language still spoken today in Guardia Piemontese
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