Italo-Western languages

Italo-Western
Geographic
distribution
Italian Peninsula, Switzerland, France, Istria, Channel Islands, Iberia
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Early forms
Subdivisions
Glottologital1285

Italo-Western is, in some classifications, the largest branch of the Romance languages. It comprises two of the branches of Romance languages: Italo-Dalmatian and Western Romance. It excludes the Sardinian language and Eastern Romance.