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Castilian languages

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Castilian languages
Castilic
Geographic
distribution:
Spain, Spanish-speaking Americas, Equatorial Guinea
Linguistic classification:Indo-European
Subdivisions:

The Castillian languages are a branch of Romance languages. They were first spoken in central Spain, and then spread to nearly all of Spain. The main language in the branch is Spanish, which has around 480 million speakers around the world. Since the colonial era, Spanish has been spoken in Latin America.[1]

  1. Extremaduran is sometimes called an Astur-Leonese dialect.

References

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  1. Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2020. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-third edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.