African Romance, African Latin or Afroromance is an extinct Romance language that was spoken in the various provinces of Roman Africa by the African Romans under the later Roman Empire and its various
The Fossa regia (in pink) marked the approximate border between the province of Africa and Numidia.
An inscription from one of the gates to the theatre at Leptis Magna, indicating that Latin and Punic co-existed in Northern Africa for centuries.
Fifth century AD inscription at the Leptis Magna forum, Libya.
The earliest known portrait of Saint Augustine in a 6th-century fresco, Lateran, Rome.
The Romance languages, also known as the Latin languages, are the languages that directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European langu
African Romance
…African Romance, African Latin or Afroromance is an extinct Romance language that was spoken in the various provinces of Roman Africa by the African Romans under the later Roman Empire and its various post-Roman successor states…
Proportion of speakers in the top 5 Romance languages, as of 2024