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From my experience, it does not make a lot of sense to me. Spanish is much closer to portuguese (being nearly mutually understandable) than to italian or catal
by enriquto 8y ago
From my experience, it does not make a lot of sense to me. Spanish is much closer to portuguese (being nearly mutually understandable) than to italian or catalan. Occitan and catalan are extremely close, but here they appear unrelated.
- dmca2 8y agoSpanish-Portuguese has a solid line while Italian-Portuguese and Portuguese-Spanish are dashed, so the chart agrees with you. I don't think the spatial potions represent anything, other than allowing the grouping and giving a rough guide at a glance.
- pjmlp 8y agoI also miss the connections between Galician, Portuguese and Catalan. Unless the way of reading the graph is a different one than what I am thinking about.
- lostjohnny 8y agoin fact between Italian and Spanish (Castilian Spanish) there is an indirection: the common link to Catalan.