Southern Romance

E515092

Southern Romance refers to a subgroup of the Romance languages spoken in southern Europe, typically including varieties such as Italian, Sardinian, and related dialects, distinguished by shared historical and linguistic features.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Southern Romance canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language subgroup ⓘ
linguistic classification ⓘ
derivedFrom Vulgar Latin ⓘ
developedFrom Latin spoken in the Italian Peninsula ⓘ
distinguishedBy lexical similarities ⓘ
shared historical features ⓘ
shared morphological features ⓘ
shared phonological features ⓘ
shared syntactic features ⓘ
hasLinguisticAncestor Classical Latin ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature synthetic verb conjugations ⓘ
hasPart Calabrian Romance ⓘ
linked to: Calabrian dialects

Central Italian dialects ⓘ
Corsican ⓘ
Gallurese ⓘ
linked to: Gallurese dialect

Italian ⓘ
Neapolitan ⓘ
Sardinian ⓘ
linked to: Sardinian language

Sassarese ⓘ
Sicilian ⓘ
Tuscan ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature loss of most Latin case endings ⓘ
vowel reduction in unstressed syllables (in many varieties) ⓘ
hasSubgroup Corsican-related varieties ⓘ
Italo-Romance ⓘ
Sardinian ⓘ
linked to: Sardinian language
hasSyntacticFeature use of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature gendered noun system ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
use of prepositions instead of case endings ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageFamily Italo-Dalmatian ⓘ
Romance ⓘ
Sardinian language group ⓘ
linked to: Sardinian language
relatedTo Gallo-Romance ⓘ
Iberian Romance ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Eastern Romance ⓘ
Western Romance ⓘ
spokenInRegion Corsica ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Southern Europe ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-European languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
timeOfFormation Early Middle Ages ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
literary expression ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Romance → contrastedWith → Southern Romance ⓘ