Italo-Western | |
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Geographic distribution | Italian Peninsula, Switzerland, France, Istria, Channel Islands, Iberia |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
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Glottolog | ital1285 |
Italo-Western is, in some classifications, the largest branch of the Romance languages. It comprises two of the branches of Romance languages: Italo-Dalmatian and Western Romance. It excludes the Sardinian language and Eastern Romance.