Romance Languages

The Romance Languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family comprising all the languages that descend from Latin.
The six most widely spoken Romance languages are: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian and Catalan. But there're many other Romance languages, like Galician, Occitan, Romansh, and so on.

Spanish (Castilian): It's spoken as first language by 329 million people all over the world and it's the official language of several countries and states, just like:
- Spain
- Mexico
- Colombia
- Argentina
- Venezuela
- Chile
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Bolivia
- Honduras
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Paraguay
- Puerto Rico
- Uruguay
- Panama
- Equatorial Guinea
It's also widely spoken is some region of the USA and other countries.

Portuguese: It's spoken as first language by a total of 200 million people. It's the official language of several:
- Portugal
- Brazil
- Mozambique
- East Timor
- Angola
- Cape Verde
- Guinea-Bissau
- São Tomé & Príncipe
It's also spoken in Macau (People's Republic of China) and there's a significant number of Portguese speakers in countries like Andorra, Luxembourg, Argentina, Australia, Germany, France, Switzerland, Venezuela, South Africa and so on.

French: It's spoken as first language by 110 million people all over the world and it's the official language of:
- France
- Belgium (allong with Flemish)
- Luxembourg (allong with Luxembourgish and German)
- Switzerland (allong with German, Italian and Romansh)
- Monaco
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Canada (allong with English)
- Madagascar
- Cameroon
- Côte d'Ivoir
- Burkina Faso
- Niger
- Senegal
- Mali
- Rwanda
- Guinea
- Chad
- Haiti
- Burundi
- Benin
- Togo
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Gabon
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Vanuatu
- Seychelles
And it's also widely spoken in French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Mayotte, and so on.

Italian: It's spoken as first language by 70 million people and it's the official language of:
- Italy
- San Marino
- Vatican
- Switzerland (allong with German, French and Romansh)
There's a significant of Italian speakers in France, USA, Canada, Germany and so on.

Romanian: It's spoken as first language by 24 million people and it's the official language of:
- Romania
- Moldova
It's also spoken in the region of Vojvodina (Serbia) and some regions of Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary and so on.

Catalan: It's spoken as first language by 9.2 million people and it's the official language of Andorra and some regions of Spain: Catalonia, Valencia, Balearic Islands and so on. It's also spoken in the French region of Eastern Pyrenees department and in the Italian city of Alghero.

Galician: It's spoken as first language by 3 million people in Galicia (Spain) and some regions in South America.

Occitan: It's spoken as first language by 1 million people in Occitania (Southern France), Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco and Aran Valley of Spain.

Romansh: It's spoken as first language 35,095 people in Switzerland, more exactly in the canton of Graubünden (Grisons).