Ibero-Romance
Ibero-Romance proper noun: the linguistic zone or continuum of Romance languages in the Iberian Peninsula.
Proper noun
Ibero-Romance
- The linguistic zone or continuum of Romance languages in the Iberian Peninsula.
- Although the classification of Occitan as Gallo-Romance and Catalan as Ibero-Romance is common, some scholars criticize the justification for this decision as superficial. … On this basis, "Occitano-Romance" has been proposed as a sub-language family in its own right, distinct from Gallo- and...Damien Mooney, Occitan, in: 2022, Christoph Gabriel, Randall Gess, Trudel Meisenburg (eds.), Manual of Romance Phonetics and Phonology: MRL 27, p. 709ff., here p. 713
Adjective
Ibero-Romance (not comparable)
- Of or relating to these languages.
- If we assume that a division between 'Gallo-Romance' and 'Ibero-Romance' is valid, it is evident that French belongs to the former, Spanish and Portuguese to the latter. But how is Catalan to be treated, a language which exhibits features of both these groups? Is it essentially a Gallo-Romance or...Georg Bossong, Classifications, in: 2016, Adam Ledgeway, Martin Maiden (eds.), The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (Oxford Guides to the World's Languages), p. 63ff., here p. 64
- Although such an account seems feasible and can fit the Old Spanish data well, it fails to provide a reason for the merger between ʎ₁ and ʎ₂ in other Ibero-Romance varieties, such as Catalan, Navarro-Aragonese, and a few dialects of Leonese, as pointed out by Lapesa (1981: 166):2019, André Zampaulo, Palatal Sound Change in the Romance Languages: Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives, Oxford University Press, page 60
- Synonyms:
- Iberian Romance
Synonyms of Ibero-Romance
- Iberian Romance
Origin of Ibero-Romance
From Ibero- + Romance.
Questions about Ibero-Romance
- What does Ibero-Romance mean?
- Ibero-Romance means the linguistic zone or continuum of Romance languages in the Iberian Peninsula.
- What part of speech is Ibero-Romance?
- Ibero-Romance can be a proper noun or an adjective.
Words near Ibero-Romance in the dictionary
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