Why people refers as spanish language?

Question

Spanish is from Spain. What people from America speak the most is Castillian (derivated from Spanish)

Answer 1

Castille is in Spain too. People in spain refer to their language as 'castillian', just as you use the word to refer to yours.. Castillian (castellano) is the "official" language of Spain, as opposed to catalan, gallego, or vascuence. (I think there is a separate language in Valencia too.) Castillian in the Americas differs from Castillian of Spain in some respects, mostly in pronunciation and some particular points of usage. Purists would say that there really is no language called "Spanish", others would say that "Spanish" refers to all those languages from Spain (and imported to the Americas) but most people still casually refer to espanol or Spanish in reference to castillian

For that matter, I am an American who refers to my native language as English, even though I am not in England.

Answer 2

Some people use the term Castillian. But, Castile (the source of the word Castillian) is in Spain also. Therefore, it's as inaccurate as the term Spanish.

Face it, in both cases you are using a descriptive adjective for the word "language":

Spanish language = language from Spain
Castillian language = language from Castile

Either way, you're talking about a language from a specific place, which may or may not be where you are from yourself. The only difference is that Castillian is a tiny bit more specific as to where that place is.

Frankly, the whole "Castillian vs Spanish" thing is a politically correct argument I'd rather avoid. Let's just talk and don't worry about where our language is from.

Answer 3

Wikipedia gives the answer under "Spanish language"

I don't really understand what point you are trying to make.
Would you also say "English" is from England, so Americans don't speak English?

Castillian and Spanish are synonyms when talking about the language. What annoys me is when Americans confuse the language and the citizenship or origin and say "I like Spanish food" when they mean "Mexican food" or any other Central or South American cuisine.

Answer 4

I am not sure of your question, but the conquistadores who came to America spoke the Castillian dialect because Castilla was the "province" in power. Castillian is Spanish.

Answer 5

Are you commenting on the English word "Spanish" or the Spanish word "español"? Either way I disagree with you. I think that every people has the right to call the language they speak what they want.

Answer 6

Castilian is another word for standard Spanish as spoken in Spanish speaking countries.They speak it in Madrid and Havana and in Caracas and in San Salvador and Mexico .It is not a derivative .It is the language.