Wikipedia 10K Redux

Reconstructed by Reagle from Starling archive; see blog post for context.

RomanceLanguages

After the break-up of the RomanEmpire, the vulgar latin began to evolve differently in different areas. The romance languages are the results of this process, and form a subfamily of the ItalicLanguages.

And, of course, the classical LatinLanguage that was spoken conservatively as a lingua franca throughout the MiddleAges is still learned by some.