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  1. 1 day ago · It has also been influenced by Basque, Iberian, Celtiberian, Visigothic, and other neighboring Ibero-Romance languages. [237] [236] Additionally, it has absorbed vocabulary from other languages, particularly other Romance languages such as French , Mozarabic , Portuguese , Galician , Catalan , Occitan , and Sardinian , as well as from Quechua ...

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  3. 2 days ago · However, the phonology of both the consonants and part of the lexicon is, in some respects, closer to Portuguese and Catalan than to modern Spanish. That is explained by direct influence but also because Portuguese, Old Spanish and Catalan retained some of the characteristics of medieval Ibero-Romance languages that Spanish later lost.

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  4. 3 days ago · African Romance or African Latin is an extinct Romance language that was spoken in the various provinces of Roman Africa by the African Romans under the later Roman Empire and its various post-Roman successor states in the region, including the Vandal Kingdom, the Byzantine -administered Exarchate of Africa and the Berber Mauro-Roman Kingdom.

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  5. 2 days ago · Valencian (valencià) or the Valencian language (llengua valenciana) is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community of Spain to refer to the Romance language also known as Catalan, either as a whole or in its Valencia-specific linguistic forms.

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  6. 3 days ago · Various languages of northern Iberia (e.g., Astur-Leonese, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish) have a so-called "voiceless apico-alveolar sibilant" that lacks the strong hissing of the [s] described in this article but has a duller, more "grave" sound quality somewhat reminiscent of a voiceless retroflex sibilant.

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  7. 1 day ago · A. Spanish is the closest to Portuguese, the reason being, that they belong to the same language family - Ibero Romance. Thus, Spanish and Portuguese are the closest languages of the same family tree. The interesting fact is Portugal only has Portuguese speakers and no Spanish speakers.

  8. 1 day ago · Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States. Over 42 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home. Spanish is also the most learned language other than English, with about 8 million students. Estimates count up to 57 million native speakers, heritage language speakers, and second-language speakers.

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