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----- Original Message ----- From: Deiniol Jones <deiniol@hidden.email> > habarakhe4 wrote: > > > > How far does a language have to change until it is no longer a > > Romance language? > > Romance languages, *by definition* are those languages derived from > Latin. If it's derived from Latin, it's a Romance language, no matter > how weird it gets. So, no there's no way for a Romance language to > stopbeing a Romance language. I think the question should rather be "at which point does a language stop being *recognisably* of Latin descent?" That point almost certainly exists (I suspect maybe the 100 sound-change point might be a good hint that you've almost hit it), but you do have to consider the possible values of the word "recognisable". Paul