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Romance Languages: A grouping of related languages that trace their origins to Vulgar Latin, the language spoken by the common people in the Roman Empire. This subset of the "Foreign Languages" category includes notable languages such as Italian, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, among others. The term "Romance" is derived from the fact that these languages evolved from the Latin of the Roman Empire. In the context of "Languages/Italian/Foreign Languages," this category encompasses the various foreign languages that share a common lineage with Italian, which itself is a Romance language.