How can a language be romantic?

It is not about romance. It is sometimes spoken of as Romanic languages:

“The Romance languages (sometimes referred to as Romanic languages, Latin languages, Neolatin languages or Neo-Latin languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, more precisely of the Italic languages subfamily, comprising all the languages that descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of ancient Rome.”

From Wikipedia

English is a very romantic language you just gotta use the right words! ;)

afaik there are no more living non-Romance Italic languages.

Any language is a very romantic language you just gotta use the right bullshit.;)

@lucillelucillelucille How romantic! ;)

As @marinelife mentions, it’s about where the language originated from or developed from. The Romance languages are rooted in Latin (Rome). English is Germanic – but it is heavily influenced by Romance language elements (mainly coming from the Roman occupation of the island back in the day).

Much of the influence is from word-borrowing and some conjugations. The difference is mainly about grammar and syntax than about anything involving the “sound” of the language. English, for instance, doesn’t attribute masculine or feminine characteristics to nouns. Romance languages generally do.

When ith thaid with a lithp…...tho thexy ;¬}

@Cruiser well said!! English is a beautifully romantic language, for proof read Milton, W H Auden Maya Angelou Keats , Byron and Shelley , and I haven’t even mentioned Shakespeare or our own bard Burns yet :-) All of whom, and many, many more, have produced works that make your heart sing and your soul fly. Wonderful.

@ucme – you should hear my Castillion.

Although languages can, depending on how they are used, be romantic, I believe what you are referring to is “romance” languages. The romance languages are primarily derived from Latin, the language of Rome.

@iamthemob Viva Ethpana!

Languages are romanic (not romantic) if they are descendants of Latin. Latin was the language of the Roman Empire. Romance languages include Spanish, French, etc. English is nnot a romanic laguage because it is part of the germanic language group, although it is heavily influenced by the romance language. Germanic languages include German, English, and Swedish.