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The Romance-speaking world, Romanophone world, Neolatin world, or Latin-speaking world,
is the part of the world where
Romance languages (those evolved from
Latin) are either official, co-official, or significantly used, comprising
Latin Europe
The Latins were originally an Italic tribe in ancient central Italy from Latium. As Roman power and colonization spread Latin culture during the Roman Republic.
Latins culturally "Romanized" or "Latinized" the rest of Italy, and the word Latin ...
and
Latin America, as well as parts of
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
and
Romance-speaking Africa
Romance-speaking Africa or Latin Africa consists of the countries and territories in Africa whose official or main languages are Romance ones, and countries which have significant populations that speak Romance languages: French, Portuguese, Spa ...
and Romance-speaking Asia.
It includes, for example, the
Spanish-,
Galician-,
Portuguese-,
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
-,
Italian-,
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
- and
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
-speaking communities.
Area, population and GDP of the Romance-speaking world
Spanish-speaking countries
Portuguese-speaking countries
French-speaking countries
Italian-speaking countries
Romanian-speaking countries
Catalan-speaking countries
Total Romance-speaking world
See also
*
Latin Union
*
Legacy of the Roman Empire
References
{{Geographical distribution of languages
Country classifications
Romance languages