Claim: The French Language evolved from the Gallo-Romance group of the Romance Languages.
Evidence: French has evolved from Gallo-Romance , the spoken Latin in Gaul , and more specifically in Northern Gaul.
The Gallo-Romance branch of the Romance languages includes sensu stricto the Oïl languages -LRB- French and its closest relatives such as Walloon -RRB- and the Franco-Provençal language -LRB- Arpitan -RRB-.