Gallo-Romance
French language ancestor
Gallo-Romance refers to the group of Romance languages that developed in ancient Gaul, the region roughly corresponding to modern France, parts of Belgium, Switzerland, and northern Italy.
These languages descended from Vulgar Latin as it evolved among populations that had spoken Gaulish Celtic languages before Roman conquest.
The group includes French, Occitan, Franco-Provençal, and related varieties.
Linguists use the term to classify these languages together based on shared features distinguishing them from Ibero-Romance or Italo-Romance branches.
Romance language, 9th-14th century
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
reconstruction · attestation · manuscript · philology · etymology · cognate
Of or from Paris's nation
- CatalanIberian Romance language
- PicardStarfleet commanding officer
- Norman1066 England conqueror
- WalloonBelgian Romance language
Burgundian · diversification · branch · subfamily · variety · continuum
Adapting to Roman standards
- FrankishOf the Germanic tribe
- MerovingianEarly medieval Frankish rulers
- CarolingianFrankish royal dynasty
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
troubadour · vernacular · scriptorium · clergy · literacy · standardization · prestige · decline
Roman-era Western Europe
- FranceWestern European republic
- SwitzerlandAlpine republic, perpetually neutral
- BelgiumWestern European constitutional monarchy
- CataloniaAutonomous northeastern Spanish community
Piedmont · Loire · Rhône · Alps · Pyrenees · Mediterranean · Atlantic · Sprachbund
Old French
Romance language, 9th-14th century
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
substrate · reconstruction · attestation · manuscript · philology · etymology · cognate
French
Of or from Paris's nation
Walloon · Burgundian · diversification · branch · subfamily · variety · continuum
Latinization
Adapting to Roman standards
- FrankishOf the Germanic tribe
- MerovingianEarly medieval Frankish rulers
- CarolingianFrankish royal dynasty
medieval · troubadour · vernacular · scriptorium · clergy · literacy · standardization · prestige · decline · fragmentation
Gaul
Roman-era Western Europe
- FranceWestern European republic
- SwitzerlandAlpine republic, perpetually neutral
- BelgiumWestern European constitutional monarchy
Catalonia · Piedmont · Loire · Rhône · Alps · Pyrenees · Mediterranean · Atlantic · Sprachbund · territory
- Romance languagesSpanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
- French LanguagesFrench, Picard, Norman, Walloon, Bourguignon
- Old FrenchOld French, Anglo-Norman, Norman French, Picard, Walloon
- Romance linguisticsItalian, Spanish, Latin roots, Latin influence, French
- Language familiesIndo-European, Afro-Asiatic, Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, Dravidian