Re: A86: pt
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Re: A86: pt
In a message dated 12/2/98 17:33:17 Eastern Standard Time,
nmasj@camoes.rnl.ist.utl.pt writes:
> > I would guess portugal; there aren't many other countries since it seems
> > he's coming from a romance language.
>
> Yes, I'm from Portugal. Why do you call it 'romance language'?
> That got me curious now. I always though french was the romance
> language...
a romance language is a language based on latin, which is from rome (hence
ROMANce)
many european languages are romance languages: portugese, spanish, french,
italian, etc.