Romance Languages Comparison

Romance languages evolved from Latin. This video compares some of the most spoken Romance languages worldwide, highlighting their degree of separation from Latin. We look at phonology, inflection, syntax, vocabulary, and intonation. The higher the percentage, the greater the distance from Latin.

Italian 0:00: Spoken mainly in Italy and Switzerland, with about 65 million native speakers. It is one of the closest languages to Latin.
Spanish 0:43: Widely spoken in Spain, Latin America, and the United States, with approximately 580 million speakers. It has evolved significantly from Latin.
Romanian 1:30: Spoken in Romania and Moldova, with around 24 million speakers. It has preserved many Latin features but has Slavic influences.
Catalan 2:14: Spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, and parts of France, with about 10 million speakers.
Portuguese 2:56: Mainly spoken in Portugal and Brazil, with around 220 million native speakers. It has diverged considerably from Latin.
French 3:39: Spoken in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, and various African countries, with approximately 300 million speakers. It has undergone significant changes from Latin.

[nicolacatalin]

I love the fact that Romanians can mostly understand more than 50% of any other Latin language and that others can't understand 10% of Romanian.

[gabrielesimionato]

How I am supposed to understand Italian if she doesn't even move her hands?

[eb]

Main Romance languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, French.

Main Germanic languages: Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, German, English.

English, French and Romanian are sort of oddballs in their categories. English because of its Latin influences, French because of its Germanic influences and Romanian because of its Slavic influences.

[JormungandrEtrSigSjalfr]

Fun fact: Portuguese is also spoken in Portugal.

[mozartjpn]

As a native Japanese, I do not understand any of these languages.

[astrangerwhostaysforawhile]

I don't think I have much issue learning Romance languages. The issue is... You guys speak too fast

[MattewBlueMoon]

Nobody:
Catalan girl: I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God

[PauloVictor-mdwr]

Portuguese: **shows brazilian portuguese**
Portugal: 😐

[Erik_Emer]

I do appreciate that you put in the degree of separation from Latin.

[luanhunger]

French = France.
Catalan/Spanish = Spain.
Italian = Italy.
Romanian = Romania.
Portuguese = Brazil.


Portugal is cry.

[gladisaidaamaya]

El Catalan, el Castellano, el Portugues y tal vez el Italiano son las q mas tienen un parentesco en sus pronunciaciones, pero el Rumano y el Frances solo Dios sabra lo que dicen.

[SpanishDio]

Americans after hearing all of this: *What a weird spanish accents*

[ramingo]

I'm Italian and I understood:
70% sunny
20% cloudy
8% rainy
2% stormy

[zalebs]

Italian: We speak fast
Romanian: No, we speak faster
Catalan and Spanish: Hold up!

[bookinator]

As a german:
0% italian
0% spanish
0% romanian
0% catalan
0% portugese
1% french

[lucasm]

As a brazilian I understood:
100% Portuguese
80% Spanish (kinda easy because spanish is very similar to portuguese)
50% Italian (very beautiful and relaxing)
30% French (sounds fancy and rich)
25% Romanian (its like a mix of italian and french, very beautiful too)
25% Catalan (???? that girl speaks so fast is she a rapper?)

[cristianvasile]

Wow, l am Romanian, but l have a huge passion for the Portugesse language. I really like how it sounds.

[kleb]

I'm italian and I just love how brazilian portuguese sounds like!!!

[jrcarrillo]

Italian tourist: says something in italian.
Brazilian tourist: says something in Portuguese.
Romanian tourist. Says something in Romanian.
people in America: sorry I don't speak Spanish. :v

[MagicZell]

As french

Brazil 100%
Romanian 90%
Italian: 75%
Catalan 20%
French 5%
Spain 0%

I'm talking about presentator's attractiveness of course because like every good french i can only understand my own language.