Romance
Let an agent explain the Romance language family and its branches and members, describe development from Latin and shared features, support learners and researchers, and describe classification debates with attribution.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What Romance languages are.
Family
Family and branches.
Family
Family.
- Which languages belong to the Romance family, and how are they classified into branches? provenance
- Is the family or a specific language meant? boundary
Development
Development from Latin.
Development
Development.
- How did Romance languages develop from Vulgar Latin, and what shared changes define them? provenance
- Which entry fits Vulgar Latin? action
Features Features and varieties.
Features
Shared features.
Features
Features.
- What phonological, grammatical and lexical features do Romance languages share and where do they diverge? definition
- Which entry fits a specific language? action
Varieties
Regional and Judaeo-Romance varieties.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are the Italian dialect areas, Judaeo-Romance varieties such as Zarphatic and Judaeo-Italian, and other minority varieties? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific variety? action
Learn Learning and use.
Learners
For learners.
Learners
Learners.
- How can knowledge of one Romance language help in learning another, and which resources exist? action
- Which entry fits language learning? action
Intelligibility
Mutual intelligibility.
Intelligibility
Intelligibility.
- How mutually intelligible are Romance languages, according to research? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Study Scholarship and teaching.
Scholarship
Romance linguistics.
Scholarship
Scholarship.
- How did Romance linguistics develop, and what debates exist about classification, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the Romance family be taught comparatively? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Judaeo-Romance, Judæo-Italian, Zarphatic, Judæo-Piedmontese, Judeo-Livornese, Centro-Southern Italian linguistic area, Italo-Western, Southern Romance, Eastern Romance, Austrian romance language, Pannonian Romance, Sabir
What it is Filled
The group of languages descended from Vulgar Latin, including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Sardinian, Romansh and many regional varieties across Italy and Iberia, together with Judaeo-Romance varieties such as Zarphatic and Judaeo-Italian dialects; Romance languages are spoken by around a billion people, are classified into branches by shared innovations, and are studied in Romance linguistics for their development from Latin and their dialect continua.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the Romance language family and its branches and members, describe development from Latin and shared features, support learners and researchers, and describe classification debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Latin descent
- Shared innovations
- Dialect continua
- Global spread
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Dismiss regional Romance varieties as mere dialects to be corrected.
- Treat speakers of minority Romance languages as speaking a standard national language.
- Present contested classifications as settled.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding which language variety a public service will provide.
May
- Describe the Romance languages, their history and relations, citing linguistic sources.
- Translate between Romance languages with attention to regional varieties.
Moral aspects Filled
- Minority Romance languages, such as Sardinian or Occitan, have faced suppression.
- Language is tied to identity and access to public life.
Who is affected
- Speakers of minority varieties
- Learners
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: the languages belong to their speakers; language academies set some standards.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q33478 - registry parent class
related
- Latino-Faliscan - category
- Catalan - a Romance language
- Oil - a Gallo-Romance group
- Indo-European people - speakers within the wider family
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.romance
- Wikidata: Q19814 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19814)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Descended from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian and others
- Latin itself is the ancestor; Germanic and Celtic are other Indo-European branches
- Not physical; spoken and written languages.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the family and branches
- describe development from Latin
- support learners and researchers
- describe classification debates
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Treating regional varieties as mere dialects
- Presenting contested classifications as settled
- Ignoring Judaeo-Romance and minority varieties
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Language academies for individual Romance languages
- Minority language recognition
- No regulation of the family
Context of use required Filled
- Languages descended from Latin.
- Ibero-Romance
- Gallo-Romance
- Italo-Romance and Italian dialect areas
- Eastern Romance
- Judaeo-Romance and other varieties
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q19814: Romance - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Romance languages - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each branch be a separate entry?
- How should linguistic atlases be linked?
- How should classification debates be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q19814/spec.json