SHORT HISTORY OF THE SPANISH

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•LINGUISTIC EVOLUTION OF VULGAR LATIN.

•CASTILLIAN AND ANDALUSIAN DIALECTS EMERGED

•NATIVE LANGUAGE OF 332 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

INFLUENCE OF THE OTHERS

•ROMANCE LANGUAGE• IBERIANS + CELTS = CELTIBERIANS

•ROMAN RULE

•HISPANIANS LEARNED LATIN FROMROMAN TRADERS, SETTLERS, SOLDIERS

•CLASSICAL LATIN + PRE-ROMAN LANGUAGES (CELTIC) = VULGAR LATIN

•711. AD ARAB CONQUEST•MOZARABIC DIALECT•RECONQUEST

• INFLUENCE OF CATHOLICISM

•HYBRID LANGUAGE•STANDARDIZATION IN XIII

CENTURY

INTERESTING FACTS1. SPANISH IS SPOKEN BY 500 MILLION PEOPLE WITH GROWING TREND THAT

WILL REACH 600 MILLION SPEAKERS BY 2050!2. SPANISH WAS THE DIPLOMATIC LANGUAGE UP TO THE 18TH CENTURY!3. THERE HAVE BEEN 11 LITERATURE NOBEL PRIZES IN SPANISH!4. MEXICO CONTAINS THE LARGEST POPULATION OF SPANISH SPEAKERS WITH 114

MILLION FOLLOWED BY THE UNITED STATES WITH 50 MILLION!5. THE UNITED STATES HAS ALMOST 40 MILLION NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS!6. THERE ARE MORE THAN 4O,000 WORDS AND CONJUGATIONS IN SPANISH WITH ALL 5

VOWELS, THEY ARE CALLED PANVOCALICAS OR PENTAVOCALICAS!7. SPANISH IS 2ND LARGEST NATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD,AND 3RD MOST USED

LANGUAGE ON THE INTERNET!