What languages stem from Latin?

Answer

The most well-recognized Latin (some also call them "Romance" languages, not because they are necessarily romantic, but because they are of Roman origin) are French, Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Portuguese and Romanian. However, there are also numerous less-known languages that have a Latin origin, among them:

Asturian: Once considered a Spanish dialect, it is now regarded as an independent language of the west Spanish region of Asturia.

Galician: A close relative of Portuguese, this language is mainly spoken in Galicia, a region of western Spain.

Piedmontese: A language spoken in the northwestern Italian region of Piedmont, it is linguistically similar to Italian. In Italy this language is considered a dialect, although others consider it an independent language.

Occitan: A close relative of Catalan, it is spoken in a number of regions in Spain, France, Italy and Monaco.

The above list is by no means comprehensive; there are likely numerous other dialects that expand the variety.

Also, keep in mind that languages that are not of Latin origin, such as English, have a significant Latin component. Looked at this way, there are dozens of languages that were influenced by Latin, especially the so-called Indo-European languages that make up the majority of languages in Europe.

However ...

The fact that a language has 'a significant Latin component' in its vocabulary doesn't mean that it 'stems' from Latin. There's much more to a language than its vocabulary. Moreover, in many cases much of the Latin vocabulary was imported fairly recently.

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