The French Language evolved from the Gallo-Romance group of the Romance Languages.
French has evolved from Gallo-Romance , the spoken Latin in Gaul , and more specifically in Northern Gaul .	Romance	Romance languages	Gallo-Romance	Gallo-Romance languages	Latin	Latin script	Gaul	Gaul
The Gallo-Romance branch of the Romance languages includes sensu stricto the Ol languages -LRB- French and its closest relatives such as Walloon -RRB- and the Franco-Provenal language -LRB- Arpitan -RRB- .	Romance	Romance languages	Franco-Provenal	Franco-Provenal language	Ol languages	Langues d'ol	Arpitan	Franco-Provenal language	Romance languages	Romance languages	sensu stricto	Sensu	French	French language	Walloon	Walloon language	Franco-Provenal language	Franco-Provenal language
