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by learc83 2613 days ago
>languages that stem directly from Latin (ex. Euskera).

Euskara is a language isolate. It is is unrelated to any other known living language.

>in my mind any area that has its own non-dialect language or was once an independent entity for a good while can claim to be a nation.

Dialect vs language is often a political decision, so even that criteria is subjective.