Gallo-Romance en · ADJ
Etymology
From Gallo- + Romance.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Gallo-Romance language family or the Gallo-Romance languages.
Translations (2)
nl Gallo-Romaans (Translations) · it galloromanzo (Translations)
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Gallo-Romance en · PROPN
Etymology
From Gallo- + Romance.
Meanings
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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
This contact zone is characterized by numerous transitions and continuities. Gascon and Catalan form a transition between Ibero- and Gallo-Romance; Francoprovençal functions as a mediator between northern and southern Gallo-Romance; and the three dialect groups of Raeto-Romance constitute the transitional area between Gallo-Romance and Italo-Romance, especially the northern Italian dialects which are best grouped under the label 'Gallo-Italic'.
Georg Bossong, Classifications, in: 2016, Adam Ledgeway, Martin Maiden (eds.), The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (Oxford Guides to the World's Languages), p. 63ff., here p. 66
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The ancestor language of the Gallo-Romance languages.
The first written document in Early Old French or Gallo-Romance appeared in 842 (Les serments de Strasbourg 'the Strassburg Oaths'), followed by short religious poems ca. 880.
2003, George Melville Bolling, Bernard Bloch, Language, volume 79, numbers 1-2, page 360:
Translations (3)
nl Gallo-Romaans (Translations) · oc galloromanic (Translations) · it galloromanzo (Translations)