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'''Spanish''' or '''Castilian''' (in its own [[language (genera)|language]]: ''español'', ''castellano'') is one of the [[ | '''Spanish''' or '''Castilian''' (in its own [[language (genera)|language]]: ''español'', ''castellano'') is one of the [[Romance languages]]. It began as a variety of [[Latin language|Latin]] in what is now northern [[Spain]], and has since become one of the world's most widely-spoken languages. | ||
Spanish is closely related to the following Romance languages: | |||
*[[Asturian-Leonese language|Asturian-Leonese]] (''asturllionés'') | |||
*[[Galician-Portuguese language|Galician-Portuguese]] (''galegoportuguês'') | |||
*[[Aragonese language|Aragonese]] (''aragonés, fabla'') | *[[Aragonese language|Aragonese]] (''aragonés, fabla'') | ||
*[[Catalan language|Catalan]] (''català'') | *[[Catalan language|Catalan]] (''català'') | ||
*[[ | *[[Occitan language|Occitan]] (''occitan'') | ||
[[Ladino language|Ladino]] (''djudeo-espanyol'', ''sefardí'') is a Spanish dialect. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Due to a Basque [[substratum]] | Due to a Basque [[substratum]] (which can also occur in the [[Gascon]] dialect of Occitan), but in all positions, Latin initial ''f-'' mutated into ''h-'' before a non-diphthongised vowel. | ||
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Spanish or Castilian (in its own language: español, castellano) is one of the Romance languages. It began as a variety of Latin in what is now northern Spain, and has since become one of the world's most widely-spoken languages.
Spanish is closely related to the following Romance languages:
- Asturian-Leonese (asturllionés)
- Galician-Portuguese (galegoportuguês)
- Aragonese (aragonés, fabla)
- Catalan (català)
- Occitan (occitan)
Ladino (djudeo-espanyol, sefardí) is a Spanish dialect.
Phonology
Due to a Basque substratum (which can also occur in the Gascon dialect of Occitan), but in all positions, Latin initial f- mutated into h- before a non-diphthongised vowel.
Spanish around the world
The Philippines
In 2007, the Instituto Cervantes in Manila requested of the Philippine government to reinstate the status of Spanish as an official language, prior to current president's Gloria Arroyo's state visit to Spain in December 2007.