Sister language

Sister language

A sister language is a cognate language, that is, coming from the same once-existing language or hypothetical root language. [cite book|title=Historical Linguistics: An Introduction|year=2004|author=Campbell, Lyle|publisher=MIT Press|ISBN=0262532670|pages=128|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EjXrrOJhex8C&pg=PA126&dq=%22Sister+language%22+cognate&lr=&ei=0A8SSLStApDAygSPnojnCg&sig=RdQkRFbxnQ1rUzIHLLBGE9KsmEE] There are many examples of sister languages. The major ones are the Romance languages. Each one derives from Latin; though they are all somewhat different, they are not indiscernable linguistically. Italian and French have about 89% lexical overlap; they share 89 percent of the same characteristics and root origins. Both Italian and French have a huge number of similar words. Spanish and Romanian's overlap is lower, about 67%. Spanish has had Arabic influence and Romanian has had many different influences over the years.

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