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15 matches to Romance Languages
Romance Languages. European languages deriving from Latin.
Catalan. Romance language of Andorra, NE Spain, SW France.
Culhwch + Olwen. c1100. Earliest Arthurian romance.
Faust(us). c1540 German necromancer/astrologer who is said to have sold his soul to the devil. Goethe, Marlowe tragedies.
Occitan. Langue d’Oc. Romance language of southern France. Dialects include Provençale, the language of the troubadours. Oil.
Renart, le Roman de. Group of French adventure romances written in the 12-13C.
Romansh. Romance language spoken in Grison Canton of Switzerland. “National” language 1938-.
Walpole, Horace. 1717-97. English writer, connoisseur. First Gothic Romance. Castle of Otranto 1765.
Aryans. 2000BC. Nomads from Steppes spread to India. Founded Indus Civilization, 3240-2750BC. Hyksos Empire in Syria, 1720-1550BC. Introduced horse chariots. Basis for all Indo-European languages.
Gaelic. Celtic languages of Scotland and Ireland.
Hindustani. Hindi and Urdu languages.
Pahlavi. 3-10C. Iranian branch of Indo-European languages.
Prakrit. Family of Indic languages from which Indo-Aryan springs.
Sapir, Edward. 1884-1939. Polish/US linguist. Studied North American Indian languages.
Verner, Karl. 1846-96. Danish philologist of Indo-European languages. Phonetics 1875.