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   16 Mar 2022 12:11, you wrote to me:   
      
    CN>> Italian and Portuguese are closer to Spanish.   
      
    SB> Really? I mean, Portugese, sure...but Italian? That's closer to   
    SB> Spanish than French? I find that a little hard to believe. However, I   
    SB> am only barely able to hold a conversation in French, and don't speak   
    SB> any of the others...so what do I know?   
      
   From my own experience, I find it easier to understand Italian than French.   
   Spanish and Italian pronunciation are similar. I suppose that helps.   
      
   I don't know if they are closer from a linguistic POV, but I've found this:   
   https://thelanguagedoctors.org/languages-similar-to-spanish/   
   According to this article, Italian and Spanish have a lexical similarity of   
   85%, but French-Spanish is 75%   
      
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