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As a Romance language, Spanish is a descendant of Latin. Around 75% of modern Spanish vocabulary is derived from Latin, including Latin borrowings from Ancient Greek. Alongside English and French, it is also one of the most taught foreign languages throughout the world. Spanish is well represented in the humanities and social sciences.
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May 13, 2024 · Italian and Spanish have more similarities than differences, because they are both derived from Latin and they share 82 percent of their vocabulary. However, there are some important differences. Let’s go over them!
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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 peninsula that started in the late 3rd century BC.
A large percentage of the Spanish vocabulary has Latin roots. Let's see some examples:
Aug 18, 2019 · More than 65% of the Spanish language is derived from Latin — the rest is comprised of other languages such as pre-Roman languages, Arabic, Gothic (an East Germanic language) and Greek, just to name a few.
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Jul 9, 2021 · As spoken Latin developed over the centuries in the Iberian peninsula, the following were some important changes. The diphthongs (double vowels) of Latin simplified: /ae/ became /e/, and /au/ became /o/. Then Spanish developed its own new diphthongs /ie, ue/ from low mid vowels (“L” stands for ‘Latin’):
The Ultimate Guide to the Spanish Language: History, Evolution, and Dialects. 0. 0. Culture, Linguistics. Spanish has 496 million native speakers and 595 million total speakers. This means that over 6 percent of the world’s population speak this language, which, somehow, still manages to keep some secrets about its origin and evolution worldwide.
