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What the heck is this Italian's problem?!1 (Not SCARAMUCCI thread) (Original Post) UTUSN Jul 2017 OP
Many people have told me they've gotten by speaking Spanish in Italy Warpy Jul 2017 #1
NO prob, elleng Jul 2017 #2
Uh, I think you're supposed to be in this other thread: UTUSN Jul 2017 #3
Not bad but elleng Jul 2017 #4
Uh, yea but, no changing the subject from *my* heart UTUSN Jul 2017 #5
;-( elleng Jul 2017 #9
Romace languages. Languages that evolved from Latin The Wielding Truth Jul 2017 #6
Spanish and Italian are the same language... nycbos Jul 2017 #7
HAH!1 UTUSN Jul 2017 #8

Warpy

(111,367 posts)
1. Many people have told me they've gotten by speaking Spanish in Italy
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 10:21 PM
Jul 2017

and I know I can understand Italian a lot better since I moved out west and started to absorb Spanish.

There is a hell of a lot of crossover. There are also a few hilarious differences here and there.

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
6. Romace languages. Languages that evolved from Latin
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 10:41 PM
Jul 2017
http://www.encyclopedia.com/literature-and-arts/language-linguistics-and-literary-terms/language-and-linguistics/romance


Romance languages. Romance languages Indo-European languages that evolved from Latin. They include Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Provençal, and Romansh (a language spoken in parts of Switzerland). "Romance languages."

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