Welche is a

Gallo-Romance Gallo-Romance can refer to: * Old Gallo-Romance, the Romance language spoken from around 600 to 900 AD. * Gallo-Romance languages, a branch of the Romance language family, which includes in the narrowest sense the ''langues d'oïl'' and Franco-Prov ...

dialect of

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. A

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, it is closely related to French by the Oïl group. Its varieties include those of Bruche, Villé,

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and

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. The name ''Welche'' is a French spelling of Welsh, a word from Germanic languages such as English, used originally to refer to

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speakers such as the

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, of or about Wales * Welsh language, spoken in Wales * Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales Places * Welsh, Arkansas, U.S. * Welsh, Louisiana, U.S. * Welsh, Ohio, U.S. * Welsh Basin, during t ...

, and later to Latin speakers after Latin was imposed on the Celts. The word Welsh was adopted in Latin dialects (such as French) to refer exclusively to other Latin dialects (such as Welche). Welche,

and English are all distantly related through the

Indo-European The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the northern Indian subcontinent, most of Europe, and the Iranian plateau with additional native branches found in regions such as Sri Lanka, the Maldives, parts of Central Asia (e. ...

group and language-mixing.

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* * Oïl languages {{Romance-lang-stub