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    The language known today as Spanish is derived from spoken Latin, which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans after their occupation of the...
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    Spanish was the sole official language of the Philippines throughout its more than three centuries of Spanish rule, from the late 16th century to 1898...
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    The Spanish language has two names: español (English: Spanish) and castellano (English: Castilian). Spanish speakers from different countries or backgrounds...
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    Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States. Over 43.4 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home (13.7%). Spanish is...
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    Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the...
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    The majority of languages of Spain belong to the Romance language family, of which Spanish is the only one with official status in the whole country. Others...
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  • Old Spanish (roman, romançe, romaz; Spanish: español medieval), also known as Old Castilian or Medieval Spanish, refers to the varieties of Ibero-Romance...
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    article is about the phonology and phonetics of the Spanish language. Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Castilian Spanish, the standard dialect...
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  • on the Spanish language overwhelmingly dates from the Muslim era of the Iberian Peninsula between 711 and 1492. The influence results mainly from the large...
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    Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a people native to Spain. Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's...
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    Spanish is a Romance language which developed from Vulgar Latin in central areas of the Iberian Peninsula and has absorbed many loanwords from other Romance...
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  • The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians...
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    California's cultural landscape and history. Spanish was the official administrative language in California through the Spanish and Mexican periods until 1848...
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  • Espanyol) is the language regulator for Philippine Spanish, the variant of the Spanish language spoken in the Philippines. A founding member of the Asociación...
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    Spanish creole (Spanish: criollo), or Spanish-based creole language, is a creole language (contact language with native speakers) for which Spanish serves...
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    mainland Spain – even in areas, such as Seville, listed as being majority seseante. History of the Spanish language Spanish dialects and varieties Spanish phonology...
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    European Spanish (also called Peninsular Spanish) and the Spanish of the Americas, as well as many different dialect areas both within Spain and within the Americas...
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  • to Spain Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas Spanish cuisine Spanish history Spanish culture Languages of Spain, the various...
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  • Thumbnail for List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
    The following is a list of countries where Spanish is an official language, plus several countries where Spanish or any language closely related to it...
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  • Gallo-Romance languages. The discussion of the history of a language is typically divided into "external history", describing the ethnic, political, social, technological...
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    The languages of the Caribbean reflect the region's diverse history and culture. There are six official languages spoken in the Caribbean: Spanish (official...
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    Romance language derived from Castilian Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain, and then after the Edict of Expulsion spreading through the Ottoman Empire...
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  • Spanish, although closely related Romance languages, differ in many aspects of their phonology, grammar, and lexicon. Both belong to a subset of the Romance...
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  • 8% spoke Spanish at home. Throughout the history of Texas, English and Spanish have at one time or another been the primary dominant language used by government...
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  • Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They are composed of a given name (simple...
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    Philippine Spanish (Spanish: español filipino or castellano filipino) is the variety of standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines, used primarily by Spanish Filipinos...
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    subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The five most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are: Spanish (489...
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  • Thumbnail for Association of Academies of the Spanish Language
    The Association of Academies of the Spanish Language (Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española; ASALE) is an entity whose end is to work...
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    the South have transitional traits with Spanish (northern Spanish for Cantabrian, southern Spanish for Extremaduran). There are differing degrees of vitality...
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  • languages: Spanish (see names given to the Spanish language), is the national and official language of 21 countries, including Spain. Spanish is the fourth-most...
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