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| '''French''' || '''Regionally Official''' || '''16844 km²''' || '''3,376,490''' || '''$316.2''' || -
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| '''French''' || '''Official''' || '''551,695 km²''' || '''61,875,822''' || '''$1.871 trillion''' ||
| '''French''' || '''Official''' || '''551,695 km²''' || '''61,875,822''' || '''$1.871 trillion''' ||
'''Exceptions:'''
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*[[Alsace-Moselle]] and [[French Flanders]] have mostly Germanic roots, however their populations speak today mostly French.
*[[Alsace-Moselle]] and [[French Flanders]] have mostly Germanic roots, however their populations speak today mostly French.
*[[Brittany]] is considered as a "[[Celtic nations|Celtic nation]]", but in Eastern Brittany only French is spoken today.
*[[Brittany]] is considered as a "[[Celtic nations|Celtic nation]]", but in Eastern Brittany only French is spoken today.

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Latin Europe

European countries with a Romance language.

   Official or Co-Official (whole) language
   Official or Co-Official (regional) language
   Unofficial (whole) language
   Unofficial (regional) language
Area

Areas with Romance language status as:

Official or Co-Official (Whole)
1,847,888.79 km²

Official or Co-Official (Regional)
44,750 km²

Unofficial (Whole):
26,229.8 km²

Unofficial (Regional):
60,715.82 km²

Total:
1,992,963.41 km²

Population 201,213,593
Countries Countries included: See table
GDP (PPP) 2006 estimate:
Languages

and other Romance languages

Time Zones GMT -1:00 (Azores, Portugal) to GMT +2:00 (Romania / Moldova)

Latin Europe, also known as the Romance-speaking nations of Europe, is the part of Europe in which Romance languages are the national language or are significantly used. Countries or areas in which such languages are officially recognized and/or de facto spoken as minority languages are sometimes included. Romance languages share a common background, all being descendants of Vulgar Latin. The countries not only have a sense of community with regards to Latin Languages, but share Roman Catholicism as the prevalent religion, with the exceptions of Romania and Moldova, where Eastern Orthodoxy is dominant. Also, all countries of Latin Europe have status within the Latin Union (which also includes non-European countries, in the Americas, Asia and Africa).

Language

Latin languages (often referred to as Romance languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, comprising all the languages that descend from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. They have more than 700 million native speakers worldwide, mainly in the Americas, Europe, and Africa, as well as in many smaller regions scattered through the world.

All Romance languages descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of soldiers, settlers and merchants of the Roman Empire, which was somewhat different from the Classical Latin of the Roman literati. As a result, the group shares several linguistic features that set it apart from other Indo-European branches.

Distribution of major Romance languages:
  Spanish
  French
  Portuguese
  Italian
  Romanian

Population

Main article: Latin European

The Latin Europeans are the people who inhabit all the areas covered by Latin Europe. They are termed as the Latins of Europe. However, it is sometimes only those in the Latin Arch who are seen as Latin European.

Ambiguities

  • Dalmatia, would have once been included, with its own (now extinct) Romance language Dalmatian.
  •  Germany during the Middle Ages would have been included due to religious reasons.
  •  Israel may very extremely rarely and ambiguously be included due to the fact that the Jews in Spain took back to Israel with them a sizeable Spanish minority influcence.[1]

Religion

Of the entire region of Latin Europe Roman Catholicism represents 80% of the population. In Romania and Moldova, the dominant religion is Eastern Orthodoxy.

Countries

Latin Europe
  Romance Languages used Status of Romance Languages used Area Population GDP (PPP) Comments
Andorra Andorra Spanish Official 468 km² 71,822 $2.77 billion -
Belgium Belgium Total (out of included areas) French Regionally Official 16844 km² 3,376,490 $316.2 billion -
Wallonia Wallonia French Official 16844 km² 3,376,490 - -
Croatia Croatia Total (out of included areas) Italian Regionally Official 2.82 km² 206,344 £206,344 -
Istria county Italian Official 2.82 km² 206,344 - -
France France French Official 551,695 km² 61,875,822 $1.871 trillion

Exceptions:

Gibraltar Gibraltar Spanish Unofficial 6.8 km² 28,875 $769 million As a British overseas territory, it has a sole official language of English even though the vast majority of the population is bilingual together with Spanish. In addition to this the majority of Gibraltarians speak Llanito (an Andalusian Spanish-based creole unique to Gibraltar) as their vernacular.
Guernsey Guernsey French Unofficial 78 km² 65,573 $2.59 billion Guernsey and Jersey both have various use of French and Norman language, although admittedly in decline.
Italy Italy Italian Official 301,318 km² 59,337,888 $1.888 trillion

Exceptions:

Jersey Jersey French Unofficial 116 km² 89,300 £3.6 billion Jersey and Guernsey both have various use of French and Norman language, although admittedly in decline. In the case of Jersey, this includes Jersey Law French, and Jerriais, and in the case of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, there is also law French there, in addition to Guernesais and Sercquais. French was an official language of Alderney of Guernsey until the late 1960s.
Luxembourg Luxembourg French Co-Official 2,586.4 km² 480,222 $32.6 billion -
North Macedonia Macedonia Aromanian Unofficial 25,713 km² 2,055,915 $16.94 billion -
Malta Malta Italian Unofficial (Previously Offical) 316 km² 401,880 $9.342 billion Malta is referred to as part of Latin Europe due to the vast use of Italian, especially in the Media, with many television channels being in Italian. Also, many professions there require use of the language. In addition to this, althouh Maltese is a Semitic Language, the majority of Maltese vocabulary is Romance, having been imported from Italian, Sicilian, and French.[2][3]. Almost all Maltese people are multilingual in Italian, English and Maltese, and these are all commonly interchanged in everyday conversation.
Moldova Moldova Romanian or
Moldovan		 Official 33,843 km² 4,320,490 $9,367 million -
Monaco Monaco French Official 1.95 km² 32,671 $976 million -
Portugal Portugal

including the archipelagos:
Madeira Madeira
Azores Azores

 Portuguese Official 92,345 km² 10,642,836 €155,131,000,000 billion -
Romania Romania Romanian Official 238,392 km² 22,276,056 $256.9 billion

Exceptions:

San Marino San Marino Italian Official 61 km² 29,615 $904 million -
Serbia Serbia Total (out of included areas) Romanian Regionally Co-Official
Regionally Unofficial		 28636 km² 2,316,104 $64 billion -
Vojvodina Romanian Co-Official 21,506 km² 2,031,992 - -
Timoc Romanian Unofficial 7,130 km² 284,112 - -
Slovenia Slovenia Total (out of included areas) Italian Regionally Official 384.4 km²   $47.841 billion -
Piran Italian Official 44.6 km² 16,758 - -
Izola Italian Official 28.6 km² 14,549 - -
Koper Italian Official 311.2 km² 47,539 - -
Spain Spain

including:
Canary Islands Canary Islands
Balearic Islands Balearic Islands
Ceuta Ceuta
Melilla Melilla

Spanish Official 504,030 km² 40,448,191 $1.362 trillion

Exceptions:

Switzerland Switzerland Total (out of included areas) Italian, French, Romansh Regionally Official + Regionally Co-Official 27906 km² 3,353,597 $296.2 billion -
Graubünden Italian
Romansh		 Co-Official
Co-Official		 7,105 km² 187,920 -
Bern French Co-Official 5,959 km² 958,897 - -
Fribourg French Co-Official 1,671 km² 258252 - -
Valais French Co-Official 5,224 km² 294,608 - -
Vaud French Official 3212 km² 657,700 - -
Neuchâtel French Official 803 km² 168,912 - -
Geneva French Official 282 km² 433,235 - -
Jura French Official 838 km² 69,222 - -
Ticino Italian Official 2,812 km² 324,851 - -
Ukraine Ukraine Total (out of included areas)   Regionally Unofficial 54,184 km² 4,533,853 $364.3 billion A small southern part of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast also unofficially speaks Romanian.
Odessa Oblast Romanian Unofficial 33,310 km² 2,387,543 - -
Zakarpattia Oblast Romanian Unofficial 12,777 km² 1,241,887 - -
Chernivtsi Oblast Romanian Unofficial 8,097 km² 904,423 - -
Vatican City Vatican City Italian Official 0.44 km² 821 - -

See also

References

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  2. ^ Much of the Maltese language comes from other European Languages; retrieved on 2007-11-22
  3. ^ Malta is sometimes included, as its language relies heavily on Italian imports; retrieved on 2007-11-22

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