Romance languages

Direct descendants of Vulgar Latin This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article may contain original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (June 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article should specify the language of its non-English content using {{lang}} or {{langx}}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {{IPA}} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's multilingual support templates may also be used. See why. (June 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) RomanceNeo-Latin, LatinicGeographicdistributionOriginated in Old Latium on the Italian PeninsulaSpoken in Latin Europe (parts of Eastern, Southern, and Western Europe), much of the Americas, parts of Africa, and small parts of Asia and OceaniaNative speakersc. 900 millionLinguistic classificationIndo-EuropeanItalicLatino-FaliscanLatinRomanceEarly formsOld Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-languageProto-RomanceSubdivisions Italo-Wester