This map shows the regions
of the world where Spanish is commonly spoken (red circles).
Like all Romance languages, Spanish originally developed out
of Vulgar ("street") Latin in the provinces
of Europe controlled by the Roman Empire. Not pictured
on the map, some Jewish individuals speak a version
of Judeo-Spanish in parts of
Spain--especially on the Mediterranean coast. (This dialect
is Spanish in grammar, but it incorporates a number of Hebrew
loanwords.) Spanish is most closely related to Portugeuse.
It is also closely related to Italian,
French, Provençal,
Catalan, and Galician.
It is more distantly related to Romansch
and Romanian.
| Daniel M. Short originally created this
map and the other Indo-European language charts for his website at http://www.danshort.com/.
I reproduce these images here with the author's permission, but they are
copyrighted by Daniel Short as of 2002. These charts should not be reproduced
or reused without Mr. Short's approval. You may contact him at danshort@gte.net
for more information. These images are not public domain. |