The term ‘Romance language’ talks about a group of languages obtained from Vulgar Latin. Usually, Classical Latin refers to the Latin of literature and politics said by learned men, while Vulgar Latin used to be spoken by the everyday men: the merchants, slaves, and gladiators.

The Romance languages have several similarities in grammar and vocabulary, making audio and video translations is quite a simpler process if you already know one Romance language.

Though there are primarily 5 romance languages, this blog focuses on four of those. Here, are those four romance languages.

Spanish

Spanish is spoken natively by some 559 million people around the world with 460 million native speakers. It originated in Castile, a part of Spain. It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations (UN). Due to the growing populations and economies of Spanish-speaking countries, the study of Spanish as a foreign language is growing, as is the requirement for Spanish translation services and Spanish voice-over. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries.

Portuguese

Portuguese is spoken natively by over 274 million people globally. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese, and almost the entire population (212 million people) speaks it, as well as more than 10 million native speakers in Portugal. Certain Portuguese words that are now part of the English language are cobra, flamingo, and piranha. Probably these will be relevant to use in your next Portuguese voice-over assignments.

French

French is spoken globally by 300 million people around the world. Modern French was established during the 17th century, with writers like Descartes and Molière using it. One of the longest words in French is ‘anticonstitutionnellement’, which means ‘in a very unconstitutional way’.

Italian

Italian is spoken natively by 67 million people, in Italy. Italian food and their names are quite popular worldwide. Several of us have eaten pizza, spaghetti, and broccoli. Italian words are also quite common in music, indicating tempo and stylistic feel. ‘Presto’ means ‘very fastly’, while ‘rallentando’ stands for ‘gradually slowing down.

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