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4. My favorite trick question on linguistics: What are the six Romance languages?

Fri Mar 24, 2023, 03:23 PM

Mar 2023

Most people can easily name five: Romanian, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Very few are aware of Ladino also being a Romance language.

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(Jewish Group) 5 Jewish Languages You Didn't Know Existed [View all] Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 OP

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