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The largest such group was the Castilians, whose language became Spanish. The standard Spanish language is also called Castilian in its original variant, and in order to distinguish it from other languages native to parts of Spain, such as Galician, Catalan, Basque, etc.
Today the default Spanish language is, or is descended from, Castilian. This is evident because Spanish speakers in the Americas often referring to the Spaniard's accent as "Castilian".
Aug 18, 2019 · Castilian, with a renewed idea of Spanish-ness, was reinforced as the language of power and culture; and, in that landscape of supposed liberalism, it was consecrated as the only possible language of the country.
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The Spanish language arrived in the Canary Islands in the 15th century, but it wasn't permanently established until the Crown of Castile's conquest of the archipelago in the 16th...
Feb 9, 2020 · Spanish is sometimes known as Castilian because the language emerged from Latin in the Castile area of Spain. In some Spanish-speaking areas, the language is called castellano rather than or in addition to español. The two terms can by synonymous, or they can be differentiated by geography or politics.
Feb 9, 2023 · During this era, Iberian Romance (what had been the dialect of Latin spoken in Hispania) really became a language distinct from Latin. The dialect of Iberian Romance that became the standard during the Reconquista came from the kingdom of Castile, or Castilla in Spanish.
Spanish is part of the Ibero-Romance language group, in which the language is also known as Castilian ( castellano ). The group evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century.
