Spanish or castellano is a Romance language originally from the northern area of Spain.
Other fact about spanish is:
that it has been heavily influenced by Arabic as a result of the Islamic presence in the Iberian peninsula between AD 711 and AD 1492. Modern Spanish is thus a mixture of Old Castilian and the Mozarabic dialects which it absorbed. This fusion explains why Spanish has, in many cases, both Latin and Arabic derived words of the same meaning. For example, aceituna and oliva (olive), alacrán and escorpión (scorpion), jaqueca and migraña (headache) or alcancía and hucha (piggy bank). The imprint of Mozarabic and Arabic is evidently more noticeable in the dialects of Castilian Spanish spoken in southern Spain than in northern Spain.
2007-09-20 06:12:05
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answered by keera 4
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Spanish originated as a dialect of Latin along the remote cross road strips among the Cantabria, Burgos, Soria and La Rioja provinces of Northern Spain.
2007-09-20 06:13:48
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answered by Anonymous
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Spanish originated as a dialect of Latin, originally from the northern area of Spain.
2007-09-20 06:10:05
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answered by Diane A 5
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The Spanish language developed from vulgar Latin, with influence from Basque in the north and Arabic in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula (see Iberian Romance languages). Typical features of Spanish diachronic phonology include lenition (Latin vita, Spanish vida; Latin lupus, Spanish lobo), palatalization (Latin annum, Spanish año) and diphthongation of short E/O from vulgar Latin (Latin terra, Spanish tierra; Latin novus, Spanish nuevo; Latin tempus, Spanish tiempo; Latin ferrum, Spanish fierro and now hierro). Similar phenomena can be found in most other Romance languages as well, especially after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 4th century AD reduced cultural contact with Rome.
2007-09-20 06:20:38
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answered by oakleafmold 2
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That would be Spain my friend. Just north of Madrid I believe.
Anyways, the language traveled to the Americas along with the conquistadors and now its all over South America and parts of North America.!
2007-09-20 07:21:58
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answered by Anonymous
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Mango's, Oranges, Limes, Pumpkin, Plantanos, Catus, Pomograntan, Corn (masa), Pinto Beans, Black Beans, Rice and about a million different kinds of chilies.
2016-05-19 02:52:57
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answered by ? 3
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Spain, but remember that Spanish has a lot of Arabic words. Since it was dominated by Arabs for 800 years.
2007-09-20 06:15:23
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answered by Helper 3
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Spanish, along with Italian and French are all Romance languages that evolved from Latin
2007-09-20 07:05:03
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answered by lushpoppy 4
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Spain!
2007-09-20 06:08:34
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answered by summer-night-dream 4
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Spain!
2007-09-20 06:07:58
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answered by nocateman 5
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