The Latin peoples are those linguistic-cultural groups that speak one of the Romance languages; they are called this way because they speak languages descended from the vulgar form of Latin. Not because they supposably descend from the Latins (Romans), as the overall majority of people speaking a Romance language can't claim such a heritage. Romance languages in the world: Blue – French; Green – Spanish; Orange – Portuguese; Yellow – Italian; Red – Romanian The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Vulgar Latin, as in this political engraving at Pompeii, was the language of the ordinary people of the Roman Empire, distinct from the Classical Latin of literature. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Latins were an ancient Italic people of Latium Vetus (Old Latium). ...

They include, in Latin Europe: Latin Europe Blue: Countries where a Romance language is the national language Green: Countries where a Romance language is an official language Latin Europe (Italian/Portuguese/Spanish: Europa latina; Romanian: Europa latină; French: Europe latine) is composed of those nations and areas in Europe that speak a Romance language and...

• Andorrans
• Aromanians
• Catalans
• Corsicans
• French
• French Swiss
• Istro-Romanians
• Italians
• Italian Swiss
• Megleno-Romanians
• Moglenites
• Monegasques
• Normans
• Occitans
• Portuguese
• Romanians/Moldovans
• Romansh Swiss
• Sammarinese
• Sardinians
• Sicilians
• Spaniards
• Walloons
• Vlachs

and their cultural descendants in the wider world, especially in Latin America. Aromanians (also called: Arumanians or Macedo-Romanians; in Aromanian they call themselves Arumâni, Armâni, Ramani, Rumâni or Aromâni) are a people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria, and as an emigrant community in Romania (Dobrogea). ... The Catalans are an ethnic group or nationality concentrated in Spains autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as other adjacent and nearby Mediterranean areas including Andorra, the Balearic Islands, and Catalunya Nord in France. ... Capital Ajaccio Area 8,680 km² Regional President Camille de Rocca-Serra Population  - 2004 estimate  - 1999 census  - Density 272,000 260,196 30/km² Arrondissements 5 Cantons 52 Communes 360 Départements Corse-du-Sud Haute-Corse Corsica (Corsican: Corsica; French: Corse) is the fourth largest country in the Mediterranean Sea... Motto: Latin: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (traditional)[1] (English: One for all, all for one) Anthem: Swiss Psalm Capital Bern (federal capital) Largest city Zürich Official language(s) German, French, Italian, Romansh[2] Government Direct democracy, Federal republic Federal Council Moritz Leuenberger (Pres. ... Map of Istro-Romanian, made by Puşcariu in 1926 Istro-Romanian is a Romance language used in a few villages in the peninsula of Istria, on the upper northern part of the Adriatic Sea, in Croatia. ... Motto: Latin: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (traditional)[1] (English: One for all, all for one) Anthem: Swiss Psalm Capital Bern (federal capital) Largest city Zürich Official language(s) German, French, Italian, Romansh[2] Government Direct democracy, Federal republic Federal Council Moritz Leuenberger (Pres. ... Megleno-Romanians (In Megleno-Romanian: VlaÅŸi, in Greek: Βλαχομογλενίτες; Vlachomoglenítes) is a disputed exonym for a people inhabiting six villages in the Moglená region spanning the Pella and Kilkis prefectures of Macedonia, Greece, as well as a single village across the border in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. ... Moglenites (also known as: Meglenites, Megleno-Romanians in Romania or Vlachs in their home countries; they call themselves Vlashi) are a linguistic community living in a few villages in the Moglená region spanning the Pella and Kilkis prefectures of Macedonia, Greece and neighbouring areas of the Former Yugoslav Republic of... Motto: Deo Juvante (Latin: With Gods Help) Anthem: Hymne Monégasque Capital Monaco1 Most populated quartier Monte Carlo Official language(s) French Government Constitutional monarchy (Principality)  - Prince Albert II  - Minister of State Jean-Paul Proust Independence    - beginning of rule by House of Grimaldi 1419  Area    - Total 1. ... The Normans (adapted from the name Northmen or Norsemen) were a mixture of the indigenous people of France and the Viking invaders under the leadership of Hrolf Ganger, who adopted the French name Rollo and swore allegiance to the king of France (Charles the Simple). ... Occitan, or langue doc is a Romance language characterized by its richness, variability, and by the intelligibility of its dialects. ... Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is one of the four national languages of Switzerland, along with German, Italian and French. ... Sardinia [[]] (Sardegna in Italian, Sardigna or Sardinna in the Sardinian language, is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ... Sicilian redirects here. ... The term Walloons (French: Wallons, Walloon: Walons) refers, in daily speech, to French-speaking Belgians from Wallonia. ... Vlachs (also called Wallachians, Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs or Ulahs) is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

See also

• Latin Union