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Gallo-Romance

Speech parts

1. Gallo-Romance - Adjective

2. Gallo-Romance - Proper noun

Meaning

A language family, comprising Romance languages spoken in France, northern Italy and northern Spain. Specifically Walloon, Picard, Norman, French, Franco-Provençal, although broader definitions include Occitano-Romance, Rhaeto-Romance (Romansch, Ladin, Friulian) and/or Gallo-Italic (e.g. Lombard) languages

The ancestor language of the Gallo-Romance languages.

Gallo-Romance (not comparable)

Of or relating to the Gallo-Romance language family or the Gallo-Romance languages.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

French has evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Source: Internet

It comes from Gallo-Romance *SAXINU "the Saxon" > saisne in Old French. Source: Internet

Notable characteristics of the Gallo-Romance languages are: * Early loss of unstressed final vowels other than /a/ —a defining characteristic of the group. Source: Internet

Standard Italian still maintains this system, and it was rephonemicized in the Gallo-Romance languages (including the Rhaeto-Romance languages ) as a result of the deletion of many final vowels. Source: Internet

The Gallo-Romance languages are generally considered the most innovative (least conservative) among the Romance languages. Source: Internet

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